A book which was last month released is called AFRICA: SHAME OF WAR.
This new book on Sexual violence against Women and Girls in Conflict is a reference book and photo essay of portraits and testimonies of sexual violence women suffer when their men go to war. It shows the different ways the international community is addressing sexual violence against women and girls during and after conflict.
Most societies prohibit such violence -- yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or condoned," said Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
The actual aim of the book is to shock and to create a 'one-voice' saying 'Enough!'
We are fighting a double war here, one agianst violence against women and girls and another one against the culture of impunity that protects the perpetuators and their accomplices.
More info on the book:
The Shame of War: Sex Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict
Author: Jeanne Ward, Christopher Horwood, Claire McEvoy, Pamela Shipman, and Lauren Rumble
Publisher: UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
Publication Date: March 7, 2007
Copyright: 2007
Publisher Website: http://www.irinnews.org
Language: en
Category: Conflict, Peace and Security, Sustainable Development, Women and Gender, Human Rights, Crime and Corruption, Civil War and Communal Conflict
