SGBV

The term “conflict-related sexual violence” is far too weak to actually describe the hell that women, men and children are forced to go through. It is our duty to speak against these horrors. It is what the people of the world demand of us. Silence is not an option in the face of rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, enforced sterilization and forced marriages. These are the horrible realities of far too many around the world.

In territories controlled by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), women are being herded into pens, only to be later sold in open air markets in city centres. Young girls are given as trophies to fighters after they come back from the battlefield.