SGBV

Today sexual violence in conflict must be fully addressed in all its dimensions, as it is linked, directly or indirectly, to the nature of conflict, the profile of the perpetrators and the nature of violence in its horrific forms. The escalation of sexual violence in conflict has reached alarming and unprecedented proportions. Sexual violence is aggravated by transnational crimes and human trafficking and has become a tactic of war, a core element of the ideology of terrorist groups and a source of their income.