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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>The UN’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict presented the annual report to the Security Council on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n

During the UNSC’s meeting on women and peace and security, Pramila Patten reported that wartime sexual violence had increased by 50% in 2023 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

Chronically underreported crime<\/b><\/p>\n

The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023.<\/p>\n

95% of these cases involved women and girls, while 5% were recorded against men and boys.<\/p>\n

Children accounted for 32%, with the vast majority – 98% – being girls.<\/p>\n

In her briefing, Patten said that the report could only reflect the cases the UN was able to verify.<\/p>\n

“While the report conveys the severity and brutality of UN-sourced and verified incidents, it does not purport to reflect the global scale or prevalence of this chronically underreported, historically hidden crime,” Patten said.<\/p>\n

“We know that for every survivor who comes forward, many others are silenced by social pressures, stigma, insecurity, the paucity of services, and the limited prospects for justice.”<\/p>\n

Sudan war<\/b><\/p>\n

Also addressing the UNSC on Tuesday, the President and founder of Darfur Women Action Group also spoke about the war in Sudan’s impact on levels sexual violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cRape and other forms of gender-based violence are a defining feature of the current war in Sudan,\u201d Niemat Ahmadi said.<\/p>\n

Ahmadi, who founded her organisation in 2009 to empower survivors of the conflict in Darfur, urged the Security Council to hold perpetrators of sexual violence to account.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Council must not remain silent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Funding request<\/b><\/p>\n

The Special Representative urged the UNSC for increased funding.<\/p>\n

Patten also said that there needs to more focus on aligning conflict-related sexual violence and arms-control agendas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcross time and space, we see that the availability of weapons directly facilitates these attacks,\u201d Ms. Patten said.<\/p>\n

She highlighted the \u201cunprecedented level of lethal violence\u201d to silence survivors of sexual assault, in places like DR Congo and Myanmar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot condemn the perpetrators of sexual violence in our speeches while continuing to fund and arm them through our supply chains,” she said.<\/p>\n

The 15th annual report on sexual violence in conflict covers 21 situations of concern, including Israel and Gaza, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

Source: UN<\/b><\/p>\n

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