On 8 March 2007 - International Women’s Day - IRIN launched ‘The Shame of War: sexual violence against women and girls in conflict’ simultaneously in New York, Nairobi and Geneva.

This publication is a reference book as well as photo essay of portraits and testimonies of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war, and is now available online to our readers.

This In-Depth examines the scope, nature and perpetrators of sexual violence during war. It considers how the international community is addressing sexual violence against women and girls during and after conflict. Above all, the aim of the In-Depth and book is to inform, to shock and to join the voices saying ‘Enough’! Sexual violence against women and girls does not have to be an inevitable consequence of war.

‘The Shame of War’ is IRIN’s second publication on gender-based violence. ‘Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams: violence against women exposed’ was released in 2005 and in 15 chapters of text and more than 170 photographs tracks different aspects of violence threatening women and girls. The issue of sexual violence in war is one chapter that has been reproduced and expanded in this new publication and advocacy report.

Download Full Report: The Shame of War

Pdf format, 5mb, 139pages, Provided by IRIN

Visit The Shame of War Report Official Website

About IRIN:

IRIN (www.IRINnews.org) is a unique humanitarian news and analysis service. Part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, IRIN provides original content about emergencies to an audience of millions worldwide through the internet, TV and radio.

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