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 Re: نصيب النساء بعد مائة عام ونيف (Re: Asma Abdel Halim)
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Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC
June 8, 2010, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Location:
نفاش مهم يوم 8 يونيو لمن هم فى منطقة واشنطن الكبرى
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Quote: On June 19, 2008, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1820, which noted that "rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide."
The resolution signaled a new approach in the international community to recognize widespread sexual violence against women in conflict as a threat to international peace and security |
. To date, much of the research on sexual and gender-based violence in conflict zones has focused on victims and survivors of rape. However, to address the problem at the policy level requires a better understanding of the drivers of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict. This perspective can only be gained by examining the experiences and motivations of the perpetrators themselves.
This event will launch the USIP Special Report entitled, "Rape in War: Motives of Militia in DRC ." This report, based on interviews conducted with members of the Mai Mai militia group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), discusses the militia members' attitudes toward sexual violence and their varied motivations. Former Commander of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Major-General Patrick Cammaert, and Anne-Marie Goetz, Chief Advisor, Governance Peace and Security, UNIFEM will discuss the report's implications for ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in the DRC, and for humanitarian and policy interventions by the international community.
This event will feature the following speakers:
Jocelyn Kelly, Presentation
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Research Coordinator, Harvard Humanitarian Institute
Major-General Patrick Cammaert, Discussant
Former Commander of the U.N. Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Anne-Marie Goetz, Discussant
Chief Adviser, Governance Peace and Security, UNIFEM
Kathleen Kuehnast, Moderator
Gender Adviser, United States Institute of Peace
Inquiries
Please contact Ryan McClanahan at 202-429-3819 or [email protected] with any general questions about this event.
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Media
Journalists should contact Lauren Sucher at [email protected] or Allison Sturma at [email protected].
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Asma Abdel Halim
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