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Zainab Hawa Bangura

Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict

March 2016

  • Zainab Hawa Bengura, UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict speaks at the UN following a visit to Iraq and Syria.

    Women's rights and gender equality
    Sexual violence is​ a tool of war, but we have the weapons to end that

    Zainab Hawa Bangura and Melanne Verveer
    From Iraq to Bosnia, women are abused in war. We need to implement the laws we already have to protect women and seek justice that empowers survivors
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