The Guardian view on sexual violence in conflict: an unending crime that can be tackled | Edtorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : But tackling it requires real and sustained international commitment to action, with survivors and their needs at its heart.
44% : UN experts warned recently of a significant regression in rights for women and children in and after conflict, including gender-sensitive asylum and protection procedures.
42% : UN experts have cited widespread reports of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces systematically using rape and sexual violence "as tools to punish and terrorise communities" in the war in Sudan.
39% : Two days before, the UN heard graphic accounts of rape and other sexual violence, including the mutilation of women's genitals, in the 7 October attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, with testimony from first responders and recorded evidence from a survivor of the festival massacre.
30% : In 2019, the UN watered down a resolution on rape in combat, excluding references to sexual and reproductive health due to opposition by the Trump administration.

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