Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura addressiing the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in London. Photo: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Babies As Young As Six Months Victims Of Rape In War: U.N. Envoy -- Reuters
(Reuters) - In her first seven months as U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a Congolese district where rebels raped babies, and Somalia where a woman was paid $150 restitution for the rape of her 4-year-old daughter.
She met a refugee at a camp in Kenya who had been raped at gunpoint when she was eight-months-pregnant while gathering firewood and a Somali father who was fighting for justice for his daughters, aged 4 and 6, who had both been raped.
"The stories are horrific and heartbreaking and when these survivors tell you what they endured, and continue to endure, you know that one person raped in war is one too many," said Bangura, who briefed the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.
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Update: UN Security Council lists Syrian army and militias as sex predators, along with African rebels -- Washington Post/AP
My Comment: Kudos to Zainab Hawa Bangura for doing this work .... this type of publicity and shaming of military leaders who condone such practices is long overdue.
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