![]() Razia Sultana, a human rights activist and lawyer, addressed the Council on the Rohingya situation on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. In preparation, the Council held an open debate session in April on preventing sexual violence in conflict. This year’s report of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on sexual violence in conflict includes the Myanmar military for the first time.Įarlier this month, representatives of the UN Security Council visited Bangladesh and the Rakhine state of Myanmar to survey the scale of the crisis. During the peak of migration out of Myanmar, a key tactic used to drive the Rohingya out of their homes and villages was sexual violence against women and girls. ![]() (UN Photo/Mark Garten)Īlmost a year after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee their home country into Bangladesh, the challenges of providing assistance to refugees and of addressing violations in Myanmar remain. ![]() Razia Sultana addressing the UN Security Council meeting on preventing sexual violence in conflict through empowerment, gender equality, and access to justice, held on April 16. ![]()
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