Survivors of rapists are raped and sexually harassed in displacement camps

Survivors of rapists are raped and sexually harassed in displacement camps

BAGHDAD - A women's rights group in Iraq has reported that women from the areas under the control and control of the Daqash organization in the north of the country have been harassed, sexually abused and raped in camps for displaced people. Alia Al Ansari, Executive Director of Bint Al-Rafidain, a women's rights activist, said in a press statement about the difficult conditions of lack of basic necessities, loss of safety and security, and the lack of a safe environment to preserve the rights and dignity of thousands of displaced women in Salah Religion north of Baghdad. Al-Ansari added that the danger of harassment and sexual violence against women in the Salah al-Din camps is to remain silent about this sensitive type of violence and the absence of appropriate and clear mechanisms for reporting and reporting such violations in a way that protects the dignity of women and provides them with good procedures to obtain Their right or adequate protection. "While the world is talking about measures to prevent sexual violence, the situation of camps where displaced women live is not adequately qualified to protect or even deter those who abuse women," she said. She pointed to information on the exploitation of women in humanitarian distribution sites, as well as exploitation by camp staff of impoverished women and family leaders, fearing to speak about it and failing to deter them from losing their sources of strength and protection. There are hundreds of women who have lost their husbands by fighting or displacement, some have been raped or sexually assaulted and are victims of exploitation and abuse. There are many stories in this area, but because of the absence of their secret and legal protection mechanisms, they prefer silence and the painful reality of them. A media or marketing material for some organizations that take stories without any help or improvement of their situation, Al Ansari said. In the view of Bint al-Rafidain, the authority of men in the management of camps has a large role in the absence of mechanisms for protection of women or prevention, and often the authority is heavily supported legally and socially, making men immune from punishment or even without accountability. Thus doubling the fear of women reporting or even talking. It is also considered that the lack of women's camp management in their cadres has contributed to the doubling of men's exploitation of women in these locations. In its statement, the organization stresses that sexual violence against women in the camps, in addition to the exploitation, harassment and abuse they face during displacement, must be at the top of international, governmental and local concerns, and concerted efforts to find appropriate and appropriate solutions for prevention, protection and preservation. dignity. As what now exists on the ground is limited to the provision of prevention and protection measures and the preservation of the dignity of women. Finished

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