No safe place: A lifetime of violence for conflict-affected women and girls in South Sudan – Summary Report 2017

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious human rights violation and a significant global health and security issue. Studies suggest that the rates, perpetrators and types of VAWG fluctuate during conflict; and there is some evidence that sexual violence against both women and men increases during conflict. The global prevalence of sexual violence…

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No safe place: A lifetime of violence for conflict-affected women and girls in South Sudan – Summary Report 2017

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious human rights violation and a significant global health and security issue. Studies suggest that the rates, perpetrators and types of VAWG fluctuate during conflict; and there is some evidence that sexual violence against both women and men increases during conflict. The global prevalence of sexual violence…

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Afghan journalist killed in Kabul suicide attack

Three Afghan journalists lost their lives within a week, including a reporter who succumbed to injuries following Thursday’s suicide attack in Kabul, a media support agency said Saturday. Hussain Nazari, cameraman of local Rah-e-Farda TV network, was buried Friday afternoon in western Kabul, Afghanistan’s National Journalists Union said in a statement. On Thursday, a suicide…

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German woman killed in Kabul

Gunmen have stormed a guesthouse in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing a female German national and a security guard. Authorities are investigating whether the attack was terror or crime-related. The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a German woman was killed overnight Sunday in western Kabul. Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry,…

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