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Darfur: Rape Is A Way of Life For Women And Young Girls
Tragic Fate: In recent months, western Sudan has witnessed a surge in violence not seen since the early days of the conflict in Darfur. The government and its surrogate, the Arab militias called janjaweed, have laid waste to areas where they claim rebels are in control. As before, the primary victims of the attacks are women and girls - the defenseless civilians who inhabit the region. "Almost every woman living in aid camps has been raped or become a victim of gender-based violence. Many teenagers, while out running errands such as collecting firewood, are raped multiple times by militiamen. They say the situation has now become so bad that many women are now resigned to rape as a way of life and men are unwilling to accompany them because they fear that they will be killed if they try to defend them" -- Michael Fryer, police commissioner of U.N.A.M.I.D, the United Nations peacekeeping force deployed to try to tackle the violence, on the women daily rape situation in Darfur.
• Women and girls as young as the age of 4 face rape on daily basis in Darfur • Humanitarian trucks for victims are carjacking every single day by militiamen • Up to 51 humanitarian compounds in towns across Darfur were raided by armed men • The U.N. Peacekeeping mission is in the middle of it all - so powerless • For the U.N.'s workers, it's a "shut up or leave the country" situation • New: The International Criminal Court indicts today Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity. But at what cost for the Darfurians?
ZAN ZAM, Displacement Refugees Camp, Sudan (Orbite) — Sudan's Darfur crisis has exploded on many fronts -- violence, hunger, displacement and looting -- but United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue now affecting the region is the systematic rape of women and children. Thousands of women as young as 4-year-old caught in the middle of the struggle between rebel forces and government-backed militias have become victims of rape, they say, with some aid groups claiming that it is being used as a weapon of ethnic cleansing. "That is one of the biggest issues in Darfur: the rapes, and crimes against women and children," said Michael Fryer, police commissioner of UNAMID, the United Nations peacekeeping force deployed to try to tackle the violence. Relief workers say they are powerless to stop the attacks and say that if they do speak out, they fear that the Sudanese government will tell them to leave the country. Humanitarian group Refugees International said in a report last year that rape was "an integral part of the pattern of violence that the government of Sudan is inflicting upon the targeted ethnic groups in Darfur." Some relief workers say that almost every woman living in aid camps has been raped or become a victim of gender-based violence. Many teenagers, while out running errands such as collecting firewood, are raped multiple times by militiamen, the workers say. They say the situation has now become so bad that many women are now resigned to rape as a way of life and men are unwilling to accompany them because they fear that they will be killed if they try to defend them. "She said they removed their scarves and used it to tie them up and were taking turns to rape them. One is 13 years old; the other one is 16 years," Ajayi Funmi of the UNAMID police, who is trying to educate women, said after talking to two girls. "Abandoned babies are reported, but because of the stigma attached to it, there is no detailed report, because the women don't comeforward," said Dr Naqib Safi of the U.N. Children's' body UNICEF. Evolution of the conflict. Of the 450,000 deaths some experts estimate have been caused by the conflict, most occurred during the first two years, which produced the iconic images of Darfur: government planes bombing villages and allied militias rampaging on horseback, burning huts, raping women and killing civilians.,, more on Daily Rape of Women and Girls In Darfur in Orbite's newsletter. Sign up to supporte and receive orbite's weekly newsletter
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