FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 12, 2014
[NEW YORK, NY] – Sixty-five years ago today the United States signed the Geneva Conventions. It is a shame the U.S. now violates the rights of girls and women raped in armed conflict under the Conventions by denying them access to safe abortion services in humanitarian zones.
Check out an article by Janet Benshoof, Founder and President of GJC, in which she talks about the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, the commitment of 120 countries to end secual violence and some of the things than need to be done to promote women's equality.
Check out an article by Akila Radhakrishnan, Vice President and Legal Director of GJC, and Michelle Onello, Special Counsel at GJC, about the persistence of the military sexually assaulting ethnic women in Burma.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 18:00 - 19:30
At London ExCel Center, Discussion Room 6
Women are regularly excluded from peace processes around the world. This interactive event will simulate a peace negotiation, with participants playing the role of opposing parties in a conflict in which sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war, in order to highlight challenges and explore solutions.
Check out an article by Janet Benshoof, Founder and President of GJC, in which she responds to Ambassador Cathy Russell's call for rescuing Nigeria Girls by Boko Haram and the treatment of the girls after their rescue.
