WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY:
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UNIFEM WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE WEB PORTAL: ANGOLA

"Solely through concrete programs in support of the least privileged woman all community can benefit because in our African societies the woman is the mainstay of development, the craftsperson for understanding and dialogue and the element of continuity of the long-standing traditions. And most of all, women are the messengers of peace. We firmly believe that with your support and solidarity we shall succeed in paving the way for a brighter future for Angola."

Ruth Neto, Secretary General of the Organization of Angolan Women, Sept 8, 1996

"In Dumba Quicala [where I was living with my family after having fled our village] UNITA would round up women and take them to a house and make them be a "girlfriend. If you refused, they would kill you…. It didn’t matter if you were already married, or even old. They did that to me one time. Yes, they raped me"

Anonymous, displaced mother of 2 from Malanje, November 2000