United Nations Radio

Rape and other forms of sexual violence are some of the ugly realities of conflict.

UNIFEM this week held a two-day colloquium to support implementation of Security Council Resolution 1820, the first UN resolution to acknowledge the use of sexual violence in conflict as a deliberate tactic of war.

Jan Egeland, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

Anne-Marie Goetz, Chief Advisor, Governance, Peace and Security Section, at UNIFEM

Leymah Gbowee is Executive Director, of Women Peace and Security Network, Africa.

Major General Patrick Cammaert, former General Officer of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

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