the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

A four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict opens in London ::

check out this first person account of 'Stephanie' about the impact of rape and sexual violence on her day to day.

The summit aims to:

- launch a new international protocol for documenting and investigating sexual violence in conflict, and encourage countries to strengthen domestic laws to enable prosecutions

- urge countries to train all soldiers and peacekeepers to prevent sexual violence

- increase funding to support survivors of sexual violence

- change attitudes towards rape in conflict

The organisers want the event to be the moment the world wakes up and declares that sexual violence is not an inevitable part of war

also see A Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict