from Part II - Specific Protection of Certain High-Risk Groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022
While women face a myriad of threats to their physical well-being in any situation of armed conflict, there is a particularly heightened risk of sexual or gender-based violence, including rape. Armed conflict, including military occupation, often leads to increased prostitution, trafficking in women, and sexual assault of women, which demands specific protective and punitive measures. Within the UN system, the position of Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict was established by UN Security Council Resolution in 2009 to serve as the UN spokesperson and political advocate on conflict-related sexual violence.
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