New malaria vaccine trial in Malawi marks ‘an innovation milestone', declares UN health agency
A new vaccine against deadly malaria which has been 30 years in development, was made available for the first time to infants in Malawi on Tuesday, marking an “innovation milestone”, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
Protect women’s rights ‘before, during and after conflict’ Security Council debate
At the meeting marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1888, which created the mandate of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Council adopted a German-drafted resolution to reduce sexual violence in conflict and end rape as a weapon of war, with 13 in favour, and two countries, Russia and China, abstaining.
Conflict Related Sexual Violence: Report of the United Nations Secretary-General (PDF)
"Incidents documented in 2018 confirm the nexus among sexual violence, trafficking and terrorism.Radicalization and violent extremism have contributed to the entrenchment of discriminatory gender norms that limit women’s roles and their enjoyment of basic rights.
" Sexual violence has served strategic objectives of terrorism, including displacing populations, gaining information through interrogations, advancing extremist ideology and destabilizing social structures by terrorizing women and girls. Sexual violence has also been a recurrent feature of recruitment by terrorist groups, who may promise marriage and sexual slaves as forms of masculine domination and status to young men. Sexual violence can play a vital role in the political economy of terrorism, with physical and online slave markets and human trafficking enabling terrorist groups to generate revenue from the continuous abduction ."
"As in previous years, reports confirm that men and boys also suffered conflict-related sexual violence. Incidents included rape, gang rape, forced nudity and other forms of inhumane and degrading treatment".
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