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Rape in Wartime

Silence on Rape Is the Biggest Obstacle to Prevention

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 01.06.2013 | World
Read More: Amnesty International, Bosnia, Rape, Republika Srpska, Bosnian War, Sexual Assault, Rape in Wartime, World News
Marianne Mollmann

If part of the reason rape happens is because we allow it to, that means that to issue a guarantee that rape will stop, we have to change. And that kind of fundamental change is incredibly hard.

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Time to Involve Women in Post-conflict Rebuilding

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 01.28.2012 | World
Read More: Sexual Violence, Women's Rights, Rape, Violence Against Women, Conflict Resolution, Women Sexual Violence, Afghanistan Women Rights, Women Rights War, Rape in Wartime, World News
Marianne Mollmann

These past few months have been big on words and renewed promises on women's participation, in particular in post-conflict settings. While it is incumbent on all of us to make sure these promises are kept, governments have a special obligation to ensure equality.

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Colombia Recognizing Rape As Weapon Of War

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: War Crimes, Colombia FARC, Human Rights, Rape, Colombia, Foreign Affairs, Colombia Human Rights, War Crime, Advocacy, Rape in Wartime, World News

Amelia had spent years counseling a woman who was raped by a right-wing warlord and suffered an unwanted pregnancy. So when the woman called her for a...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo: "We're on the Run Again"

Bukeni Waruzi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Drc, Congolese Militia, United Nations, Goma, South Kivu, Internally Displaced Persons, Human Rights Abuses, General Laurent Nkunda, Central Africa, Naitonal Congress for the Defense of People, North Kivu, Alliance of Democratic Forces for the LIberation of Congo-Zaire, Congo Kabila, Icc, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC Violence, Genocide, Laurent Kabila, African Union, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Refugees, Rape in Wartime, Uvira, Fizi, Afdl, Zaire, Cndp, Pareco, Laurent Nkunda, Video, Politics News
Bukeni Waruzi

The people in eastern Congo are tired; we have been running for more than a decade now. We need to sit down, live in peace and raise our children.

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