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Women victims of sexual violence: Amnesty International hands over 70,000 signature petition to the Côte d’Ivoire ambassador in Paris
Amnesty International, April 2008

Amnesty International yesterday met, in Paris, His Excellency Mr Pierre-Aimé Kipré, Côte d’Ivoire ambassador to France. Amnesty International handed over a 70,000 signature petition calling on the
Ivorian authorities to work with the international community to take practical measures to ensure respect for and protect the rights of the thousands of women who have been victims of sexual violence committed by all sides in the armed conflict suffered by the country after the armed insurrection of September 2002. These tens of thousands of signatures have been gathered as part of a campaign by activists and sympathisers of the French Section of Amnesty International, begun after the publication in March 2007 of the report: “Côte d'Ivoire: women and girls, forgotten victims of the conflict”.

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International Rescue Committee 16 Days Blog
The International Rescue Committee is working with writer, photographer and long-time women’s advocate Ann Jones to give women in war zones an opportunity to document their own lives with digital cameras and make their voices heard. Ann is blogging from West Africa, posting new photos and stories each day for 16 days, starting Sunday, November 25 — the kick-off of “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.”

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