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Africa: Peacekeepers Must be Protectors, Not Sexual Predators
Africa Portal, 22 November 2017
The sexual abuse and exploitation of women - in war and peacetime - is one of the most widespread and overlooked phenomena. Frequently exposed to violence and sexual exploitation… Read more »
Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers Stains the UN's Image
Exposure to gruesome acts of sexual violence make women and children in conflict-affected areas some of the most vulnerable groups of people in the world. It is all the more unconscionable then, writes Aditi Lalbahadur for Africa Portal, when the abuse is perpetrated by United Nations peacekeepers deployed in missions whose mandate is to protect them.
A young mother in the Central African Republic, right, was raped when she was 13. She subsequently named her baby after Gladys Ngwepekeum Nkeh, left, the UN police officer from Cameroon who cared for her after the assault.
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Africa: UN Member States Pay Lip Service to Women And Peacekeeping
IPS, 31 October 2017
A UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution adopted on 31 October 2000, underlying the role of women in peacekeeping, has long been described as both historic and unprecedented. Read more »
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Africa: Is the UN Sending the Wrong People to Keep the Peace?
Al Jazeera, 3 August 2017
UN peacekeepers are sent to the most war-ravaged countries on Earth, ostensibly to help them transition to peace. But some stand accused of committing crimes against the very… Read more »
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Africa: Why Do Some UN Peacekeepers Rape?
Al Jazeera, 2 August 2017
UN peacekeepers are sent to the most war-ravaged countries on Earth, ostensibly to help them transition to peace. Read more »
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Africa: Guterres Reveals Strategy to Address Sexual Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers
International Justice Resource Center, 28 March 2017
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres released a report on February 28 detailing his strategy to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated… Read more »
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Africa: UN Names First Official to Combat Sexual Abuse By Soldiers
DW, 23 August 2017
UN head Antonio Guterres has tapped Jane Connors to put victims first as she works to eliminate sexual exploitation committed by peacekeeping troops. The organization has faced… Read more »
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Africa: A Woman's Strength Is Unlimited, Says Award-Winning UN Peacekeeper
UN News, 11 October 2017
"Being a girl child, I dreamt of occupying a powerful position to influence and create change in the community. It was the segregation of women that I experienced in my childhood… Read more »
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Africa: Woman Peacekeeper Wins the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
Monusco, 16 November 2017
A UN peacekeeper from South Africa was today awarded the United Nations' Military Gender Advocate of the Year in Vancouver, Canada. Read more »
United Nations peacekeeper Major Seitebatso Pearl Block of South Africa has been commended for developing a short message service (SMS) campaign to combat gender-based abuse by connecting with women in remote parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN Mission in the Central African Republic says it has received an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor that took place in Bambari by UN peacekeepers. Read more »
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Human Rights Watch have documented 305 cases of rape and sexual slavery carried out against 296 women and girls by members of armed groups between early 2013 and mid-2017, a new ... Read more »
