More women needed to avert rapes: UN
Ian Munro; 21/6/08
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, wants more women peacekeepers and police to help counter “the abominable practice of sexual violence” resulting from armed conflicts. Mr Ban told a Security Council hearing on women and security that sexual violence posed a grave threat to the safety of women and girls in areas recovering from armed conflict. He called for future UN mandates to include clear provisions protecting women and children, and said he wanted more women to act as peacekeepers and to provide leadership. His comments came as UN peacekeepers in Darfur said the biggest problem now confronting the blighted region was the systematic rape of women and children as young as four.
See; http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/more-women-needed-to-avert-rapes-un/2008/06/20/1213770924670.html
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