STATEMENT BY Ban Ki-moon (UN Secretary-General) AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY, 2 JUNE 2016
Extracts to this Statement:
STATEMENT BY Ban Ki-moon, June 2, 2016.
Extract:
The deployment of women protection advisors to peacekeeping and political missions has strengthened monitoring, analysis and reporting of conflict-related sexual violence and engagement with parties to conflict -- vital steps towards accountability.
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
General Women, Peace and Security
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Peacekeeping
STATEMENT BY Ban Ki-moon, June 2, 2016.
Extract:
Women and girls with children may need special medical and psycho-social support, and this must extend to the children themselves, who can suffer complete rejection.
The shame and social stigma faced by these women and children should be redirected towards the brutal perpetrators of violence.
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
General Women, Peace and Security
Protection
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
STATEMENT BY Ban Ki-moon, June 2, 2016.
Extract:
We must continue to speak up for the women, girls, men and boys whose bodies for too long have been considered the spoils of war.
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
General Women, Peace and Security
Participation