"Conflict-related sexual violence is a threat to security and an impedim...

Extract:

"Conflict-related sexual violence is a threat to security and an impediment to peacebuilding in many parts of the world, not only in the crisis areas on the Council's agenda. In today's conflicts, sexual violence is not just collateral damage but an actual front-line strategy. There are two areas that we deem particularly important."

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Reconstruction and Peacebuilding

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

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&quot;Conflict-related sexual violence is a threat to security and an impedim...

"Conflict-related sexual violence is a threat to security and an impedim...