UNICEF has uncovered all kinds of sexual violence in Sudan against minors, Atrocities, abuses and violations that “are being used as a gun”. The data collected by the Sudanese Gender Violence Service They paint a scenario full of hostilities for the little ones with up to 221 cases of violations of children registered since the beginning of last year And that, according to the UN, can only be the tip of the iceberg. The reasons: the fear of the survivors and their families to stigma or for the fear of reprisals by the armed groups that advance their ease.
Every day there is a rape or sexual aggression to a minor in Sudan
Every day there is a rape or sexual aggression to a minor in Sudan
The Executive Director of UNICEF -Catherine Russell explained that of the 221 victims of child violation, 66% are girls and 33% boys. “The fact that armed men violate girls of just one year should shock anyone and force to act immediately,” he says. “Millions of children in Sudan run the risk of being raped and suffering other forms of sexual violence, which are being used as a war tactics. It is an abominable violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. You have to put an end, ”said UNICEF head.
Ildefonso González -Portavaz de Unicef Spain- denunciation in wave zero that “every two days occurs a rape or sexual aggression to a minor in Sudan”an unsustainable situation, he says.
It is an unbearable violence for victims and their families that, in many cases, forces them to leave their homes and flee to other cities to end in huge fields of improvised displaced and almost without resources.
“War scars are immeasurable and lasting”
Catherine Russell admits that “Generalized sexual violence in Sudan has sown terror in the population, especially in children”and that the parts of the conflict and should do everything possible to end these serious violations against the rights of children. Because “War scars are immeasurable and lasting”he adds. And puts on the table the sequels that last over time such as psychological traumas, forced isolation or family rejection because of social stigma, unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections or serious injuries.
