Ensure Funding for UN Investigation in Ethiopia UN Budget Committee Should Reject Ethiopian Government Efforts to Deny All Funds Lucy…
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Tag: Rape
Campaigning against sexual violence in the Tigray war on International Women’s Day - 8 March 2022
By Sally Keeble A campaign is building to mark this year’s international women’s day with a call to action over…
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Analysis: Ethiopia reeling from gender based violence due to war in Tigray, Amhara and Afar
JANUARY 1, 2022 Source: Addis Standard victims of sexual violence in Tigray. Photo: HRW By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, January1/…
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British government considers following U.S. by sanctioning Eritrea over torture, rape and starvation in Tigray war
Britain’s upper house (the House of Lords) has debated the Tigray war. The government accepts evidence of widespread rape and…
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A simple, affordable means of tackling the trauma of violence and sexual abuse
By Dr Selam Kidane The Tigray war has been marked by some of the most brutal, widespread sexual abuse witnessed…
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Did the UN in Ethiopia argue that sexual violence in Tigray needed to be “taken with a pinch of salt”?
“The supposed escalating cases of sexual violence and rape being perpetrated against women and girls and, in some instances, also…
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Amnesty International: gross sexual abuse in Tigray “tolerated at the highest level of government in Ethiopia and Eritrea”
Anyone who has been following the war in Tigray will be aware of the rape and sexual abuse carried out…
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How Prime Minister Abiy encourages rape in his public statements
From Apologies to Atrocities: How to make sense of leadership statements in Ethiopia by WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION on JUNE 19, 2021 By Jan…
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Don’t betray women of Tigray’: calls grow for international action against rape in war
Politicians among signatories of two open letters urging investigation into reports of sexual violence in Ethiopian conflict Source: The Guardian…
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TIGRAY: Women from Africa and diaspora call for action to end campaign of sexual violence
56 women from Africa and the diaspora have marked the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict…
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