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Sexual violence during wartime by Radhika Coomaraswamy (United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women) Women are affected by armed conflict in a myriad different ways. They
are often direct victims of violence, being either killed, maimed to
subject to sexual violence. This direct violence is often severe and of
the 'shock-the-conscience' variety. Women are often gang-raped .....,
usually in front of their families. Other Stories
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