EPISODE · May 10, 2013 · 23 MIN
Zainab Bangura - UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
from The Interview · host BBC World Service
Zainab Bangura, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, says that for too long wars have been waged on the bodies of women. Over the past two decades the list of war torn countries where women and children have been subjected to systematic rape and sexual abuse has grown shamefully long, from Bosnia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Syria. HARDtalk asks - how can the most vulnerable be protected?(Image: Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Credit: Reuters)
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Zainab Bangura, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, says that for too long wars have been waged on the bodies of women. Over the past two decades the list of war torn countries where women and children have been subjected to systematic rape and sexual abuse has grown shamefully long, from Bosnia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Syria. HARDtalk asks - how can the most vulnerable be protected?(Image: Zainab Bangura, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Credit: Reuters)
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