It is reprehensible to resort to armed conflict whenever there is a small dif...

It is reprehensible to resort to armed conflict whenever there is a small difference of opinion between contending parties, each claiming exclusive rights and control over the other. In this conflagration, it is, unfortunately, the women and children who suffer the most, as they are subjected to acts of violence that include murder and maiming; sexual violence; forced displacement from their homes; forced recruitment, in the case of children, as child soldiers; and kidnapping and human trafficking, as well as enslavement and other traumatic psychological experiences.