https://freerepublic.com/tag/zainabbangura/ en-us Sun, 10 May 2015 13:33:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3288228/posts Zainab Bangura urges Security Council to integrate protection of women into counter-terrorism agenda. UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Thursday, in a UN briefing to journalists, that sexual violence against females is being committed strategically and systematically by Islamic State operatives in Syria and Iraq on a regular basis, according to the UN News Center. “Women and girls are at risk and under assault at every point of their lives,” Bangura said of females living in the shadow of IS. The UN representative traveled to the Middle East mid-to-late April to meet with women who... Jerusalem Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3288228/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2015 13:33:03 GMT