Statement of Iran at the March 15 Debate on Forced Labour
Extracts to this Statement:
SGBV
Extract:
The nexus between conflict-related situations and human trafficking, sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery and other similar practices and their cross-border dynamics have been well recognized and acknowledged by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2016/949) as a global challenge.
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
SGBV
Extract:
They are subjected to widespread targeting and killing of ethnic and religious minorities, abductions and cross-border trafficking of women and children, internally displaced and refugee women and girls, as well as forced marriages to fighters or wealthy foreigners, as in cases involving Da’esh, Boko Haram and similar terrorist and extremist groups.
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence