Sexual violence used as weapon of war throughout conflict in Sudan
GENEVA — Sudan’s warring parties are using sexual violence as a weapon of war, and “gender-based violence has increased more than two-fold” since the conflict erupted in April 2023, according to U.N. Women, a United Nations agency that focuses on women’s rights and social progress, in its new report. “Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war throughout this conflict,” Hodan Addou, U.N. Women’s regional director for East and Southern Africa, told journalists in Geneva at the launch of the report Friday. Читать дальше...