December 4, 2012

Sexual violence in conflict – how do we prevent it? [WP1199]

• Conflict prevention, resolution and state building
• Human rights, good governance and faith

We discuss how to protect people who have been assaulted and how to help survivors continue with their lives and find justice. We ask what is being done to train national security forces, prosecutors and what role survivors have.

Contributors are:

Margot Wallström, Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Conflict Related Sexual Violence, United Nations; Chairperson, Lund University, Lund

Florence Nwawuihe Iheme, Acting Director, Early Warning Directorate, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abuja

Sabiha Husić, Director, Association Medica Zenica, Zenica

Other podcasts in this series

• Sexual violence in conflict – what the UN is doing

• Preventing sexual violence – children in armed conflict