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South Sudan violence against women is twice global average | The Indian Express

South Sudan violence against women is twice global average | The Indian Express

South Sudan violence against women is twice global average

Women and girls living in the United Nations-run civilian protection site in the capital, Juba, were most vulnerable to sexual violence.

By: AP | Juba | Published: November 29, 2017 5:34 pm

South Sudan civil war
Women and girls living in the United Nations-run civilian protection site in the capital, Juba, were most vulnerable to sexual violence. (AP/Representational Image) 

The “shocking scale” of violence against women and girls in South Sudan is double the global average, a new study released Wednesday says. The first comprehensive report on the “magnitude, frequency and brutality” of such violence in South Sudan’s conflict zones was released by the International Rescue Committee and George Washington University’s Global Women’s Institute.

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