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  • Lynn Lusi: "Unfortunately, I don't think the problem of violence against women and girls is reduced in any way, despite all the publicity."
  • Marie: "The second man who raped me inserted a gun in my vagina...they couldn't sew it up and I still suffer from it."
  • Boys learning to be men?
  • The mix of men with weapons around civilians frequently leads to sexual violence.
    The mix of men with weapons around civilians frequently leads to sexual violence
  • [DRC] Sophie Read-Hamilton, working to end the culture of impunity in DRC.
    Sophie Read-Hamilton, working to end the culture of impunity in DRC
  • [DRC] In DRC where hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped, people told IRIN they knew of only one man sentanced for sexual violence.
    In DRC where hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped, people told IRIN they knew of only one man sentenced for sexual violence
  • The extreme youth of some victims of sexual violence did not protect them from attack.
    The extreme youth of some victims of sexual violence did not protect them from attack
  • [Liberia] Peacekeepers in Liberia and DRC have been accused of sexual violence against woman and girls.
    Peacekeepers in Liberia and DRC have been accused of sexual violence against woman and girls
  • [Cote d'lvoire] United Nations military post in central Cote d'Ivoire.
  • Cultural perceptions of gender relations?
  • Children playing up to their role models: men with guns
  • [Liberia] In Liberia an estimated 40% of women and girls have experienced some form of sexual violence.
    Some 40 percent of Liberian women and girls are thought to have been raped or suffered some form of sexual abuse during the war, UN figures
  • Girls and women all over the world are waiting for justice for crimes shrouded by the general culture of impunity in relation to sexual violence.
    Un quart des jeunes Camerounaises se font 'repasser' les seins, une pratique archaique et dangereuse
  • [Swaziland] Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs) to meet the needs of an expanding population of orphaned and vulnerable children.
    Un centre d’accueil de proximité pour la prise en charge d’un nombre de plus en plus important d’orphelins et d’enfants vulnérables
  • [Liberia] Varbah Gayflor;Interior Minister for Gender, Liberia.
    Varbah Gayflor; Interior Minister for Gender, Liberia
  • [DRC] Women at the DOCS centre for victims of sexual violence, in Goma, preparing food for patients
  • Coordinator of the NGO Synergy; Justine Masika Bihamba
  • [Pakistan] Domestic workers are increasingly being victimised.
    Domestic workers face exploitation at the hands of their employers
  • [DRC] A young woman in Goma, blinded by her rapists to prevent identification, tries to rebuild her life 2 years after the event
  • A mother tells IRIN how her 10 month old baby was raped by a soldier
  • Globally, hundreds of thoudsands of woman carry the physical and mental wounds of sexual violence.
  • [Senegal] Demonstration in Dakar on July 17 2004 to demand the release of detained newspaper editor Madiambal Diagne.
  • [Afghanistan] Two maids after a tough days work.
  • [Iraq] Sheikh Ra'ad al-Khadami, a spokesman for Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr, said Sadr does not believe the national conference will be equal and fair.
    Sheikh Ra'ad al-Khadami, a spokesman for Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, said Sadr does not believe the national conference will be equal and fair.
  • [Iraq] Burned cars in the street in front of the bombed Armenian church in Baghdad.
    Damaged cars in front of the bombed Armenian church in Baghdad
  • [Iraq] A man sells dates on the street near a religious shrine in Baghdad.
    Street vendors of all kinds on Baghdad's streets are increasingly worried that they will be the victims of bomb blasts.
  • [Afghanistan] Intravenous consumption of heroin is directly causing massive rises in HIV/AIDS.
    There are an estimated 64,000 drug addicts in Turkmenistan
  • [Eritrea] Simon Nhongo, UN resident humanitarian coordinator, Eritrea.
    Simon Nhongo, UN resident humanitarian coordinator, Eritrea
  • [Chad] World Food Programme (WFP) vehicle stuck in a flooded wadi in eastern Chad during the 2004 rainy season.
    World Food Programme (WFP) vehicle stuck in a flooded wadi in eastern Chad during the 2004 rainy season.
  • [Afghanistan] Wheat and poppy grow side by side but the value of wheat has fallen sharply.
    Wheat and poppy grow side by side but the value of wheat has fallen sharply
  • [Afghanistan] The poppy takes between 5-6 months to flower.
    Weaning Afghan farmers off opium is one of the country's biggest challenges
  • [Afghanistan] Dealers buy opium directly from the farmers.
    Turning this raw opium into heroin requires controlled chemicals - an increasing amount is being smuggled into Afghanistan as more heroin is refined there

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