Tag Archives: Conflict Rape

Silence is the Enemy

A rare cross pos­ting from Dar­fur: An Unfor­gi­va­ble Hell on Earth.
There is clearly a debate as to whether all publi­city is good publi­city. We won’t get into that here, but I lean on the side of usually, with excep­tions. “Silence is Not Gol­den”. As I’ve writ­ten about the situa­tion in the Congo here many

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Today is Inter­na­tio­nal Day for the Eli­mi­na­tion of Vio­lence Against Women.
Inter­na­tio­nal Day for the Eli­mi­na­tion of Vio­lence against Women  –  Sta­te­ment from the Exe­cu­tive Direc­tor
The first year-long phase of UNIFEM’S Say NO to Vio­lence against Women cam­paign conc­lu­ded today, when sig­na­tu­res collec­ted world­wide were pre­sen­ted to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a high level UN event.
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