Over two years after civil war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former allies-turned rival militia, the RSF, Sudan is now the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with nearly 13 million displaced.
Rape used as a weapon of war, together with other sexual violence, has disproportionately shattered the lives of women and girls. Today, gender agency UN Women estimates that 12.1 million people – 25 per cent of the population – is at risk.
Just ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN News’s Emma Trager-Lewis spoke to Esméralda Alabre, who leads the UN reproductive health agency UNFPA’s work to counter gender based-violence in Sudan.
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