Sexual Violence Soared During Covid Lockdowns, Reports Amnesty

[allAfrica] Cape Town — Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to “soaring rates” of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And “almost all actors” in the continent’s armed conflicts use sexual violence as a tactic of war.

[allAfrica] Cape Town — Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to “soaring rates” of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And “almost all actors” in the continent’s armed conflicts use sexual violence as a tactic of war.