Showing posts with label warfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warfare. Show all posts

Thursday, February 09, 2012

womenundersiegeproject.org

womenundersiegeproject.org, Q&A: Gloria Steinem on ending rape in war "It doesn’t matter where you look; sexualized violence is intrinsic to conflict. Gaddafi’s soldiers committed rape in the last days of Libya’s regime. The Egyptian military has been sexually violating female journalists and protesters in that revolution. Across the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of thousands of women are suffering the fallout of the sexualized violence that has torn apart their bodies, their families, and their communities."