1.27.2012
nickturse: IRIN Africa | SOMALIA: Rape on the rise amid “climate of fear” in Mogadishu IDP camps From IRIN: “The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has risen sharply, creating ‘a climate of fear,’ according to a civil society source. ‘We have had the problem of rape in the city but what we are witnessing now is on a scale never seen before,’ said Mama Hawo Haji, a women’s rights activist. ‘For instance, in the last two days alone, we have taken 32 rape cases to the hospital; in the past four months we recorded 80 cases.’” For more, see: Somalia | Conflict | Gender Issues | Governance)

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IRIN Africa | SOMALIA: Rape on the rise amid “climate of fear” in Mogadishu IDP camps

From IRIN:

“The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has risen sharply, creating ‘a climate of fear,’ according to a civil society source.

‘We have had the problem of rape in the city but what we are witnessing now is on a scale never seen before,’ said Mama Hawo Haji, a women’s rights activist. ‘For instance, in the last two days alone, we have taken 32 rape cases to the hospital; in the past four months we recorded 80 cases.’”

For more, see: Somalia | Conflict | Gender Issues | Governance)

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