STATEMENT BY Ban Ki-moon, June 2, 2016.

Extract:

Women and girls with children may need special medical and psycho-social support, and this must extend to the children themselves, who can suffer complete rejection.
The shame and social stigma faced by these women and children should be redirected towards the brutal perpetrators of violence.

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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

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