Darfur peacekeeping mission establishes sexual abuse unit.August 18, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- Darfur hybrid peacekeeping mission Noun 1. peacekeeping mission - the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) peacekeeping, peacekeeping operation (UNAMID UNAMID United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur ) announced today the establishment of an investigation unit to deal with sexual abuse in the troubled region. Women refugees leave their camp in Kalma, southern Darfur Sudan Thursday Jan . 31, 2008, to collect firewood under the protection of a U.N. patrol. (AP) Women rape is seen in Darfur as a mean to intimidate the rebels, and their supporters and families. In 2006 UN workers said they had registered some 2500 cases of rape, but it is believed far more went unreported. Victims usually can't identify their aggressors, which makes prosecutions impossible. "UNAMID has established a gender crime special investigations unit within the police component that will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on investigations of crimes committed against women and children," the UNAMID said on Tuesday. This unit will contribute to "bringing justice to the victims." The unit will focus on addressing sexual based violence, rehabilitate victims, reduce stigmatization stigmatization /stig·ma·ti·za·tion/ (stig?mah-ti-za´shun) 1. the developing of or being identified as possessing one or more stigmata. 2. the act or process of negatively labelling or characterizing another. of victims of sexual abuse, and will work to encourage victims to report incidents freely to law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). . Further, it will provide support to the local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of complex cases of violation, such as sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. , child abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, child abandonment Child abandonment is the practice of abandoning offspring outside of legal adoption. Causes include many social, cultural, and political factors as well as mental illness. The abandoned child is called a foundling or throwaway and prostitution. Sudan has established, since 2005, a task force on rape in Darfur, headed by Attayet Mustapha, a pediatrician, government official and women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and activist. The unit which will include police advisers with special training in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, was created last month in response to reports of continuous rape cases in Darfur. The unit will work in coordination and collaboration with UNAMID Gender unit, criminal investigations unit, Human Rights, international non-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, and other agencies, the local communities, and government agencies, concerned with gender related issues. (ST) Copyright 2003-2009 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion