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Sexual Violence in Conflict

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In Myanmar, the military is using a policy of sexual violence/rape as part of their campaign against minorities. Sexual Violence in Conflict: Rape as a Military Policy by René Wadlow, President, Association of World CitizensPramila Patten, the United Nations Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, in her 16 April 2018 presentation to the U.N. Security Council highlighted the role of the Myanmar armed forces (the Tatnadaw) and their Buddhist militia allies of systematic rape of Rohingya women in Rakhine State. Rape, she said, had been used as a “calculated tool” to strike terror. There were many cases of gang rape as well as the abduction of women for sexual slavery in army camps. Most of the victims were women concentrated in rural areas where there are little relevant medical or recovery services in the best of times. This is not the first time that there has been sectarian violence in Arakan. In December 1991, there was a massive flight of Rohingyas (the name given to the Islamic community in Arakan, now used by themselves as well) to Bangladesh. The inhabitants of Arakan are divided at least into two major groups — the Muslim Arakanese (Rohingyas) and the Buddhist Arakanese (Rakhines). While there are divisions within each of the two groups, when there is violence, each community closes in on itself, and there are few individuals who are “bridge-builders”. It is estimated that there are now some one million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh as refugees but population statistics are weak. While there are a good number of NGOs in Bangladesh, the country as a whole is poor, and help to refugees is not a major priority. Now there is danger that sectarian violence spreads to other parts of Myanmar taking unless real measures are taken to build bridges between the communities Myanmar…

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Source: https://omtimes.com/2018/04/sexual-violence-rape-military-policy/



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