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Sunday, October 10, 2021

Violence against women and children in Somalia because of Farmajo

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 In August 2021, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, warned of a significant increase in sexual rape in Somalia, and called on all perpetrators to stop these abuses while Farmajo supports The perpetrators and wants to protect them from the court so that Farmajo and his group are not convicted in the country because they are used by young people and armed groups.


According to two recent reports, the Secretary-General's Report on Children and Armed Conflict and the Secretary-General's Report on Sexual Violence in 2020 saw an almost 80% increase in cases of sexual violence in Somalia. Sexual violence against 400 girls, 12 women and 7 boys


The number of sexual assault cases attributed to Al-Shabaab has doubled, mainly attributed to clan militias and Al-Shabaab, and the Islamist militant group continues to use sexual violence and forced marriage against women and girls. The number of violence perpetrated by clan militias has nearly tripled by 2020. The United Nations has defined protracted conflicts as inequalities.


Gender inequality and a string of humanitarian crises in the country are the main causes of ever-increasing sexual violence in Somalia as the UN adds to political tensions ahead of national elections and inter-clan clashes in the run-up to the elections. It intensified during the Covid-19 disaster.


UN Special Representative urges Somali government to take concrete steps to prevent sexual violence against women and children Sexual violence in the country's cowardly disputes must be dealt with before justice

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