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but the government was one exactly have to and what made her taking situation might not be repeated again and in depth analysis of the dates, global headlines inside story. on our jazeera news, i am family. okay. on this episode of the street, we are going to be talking about rape, sexual violence. if this is not what you want to watch, right now, i'm going to give you a moment to be out of walk away from the screen that have been widespread report. so sexual violence coming out of the cheek, re region of ethiopia, that's in the northern part of e, c o, b, a. since november, the government forces i would try and soldiers into gray and soldiers. i've been caught up in a conflict. and in the middle of that, women and girls have been subject to, to her refill human rights abuses and sexual violence. i want to give you one example. this young woman was going to get groceries for her children,

her 2 young children. she was poor off a boss and then gang raped for 11 days. his story easy. he said to me, listen to me. if you go where we tell you to go, otherwise we will last your belly out with this knife. we don't want to waste any of the bullets, we will cut your throat with this knife. then i screamed out, villagers found her unconscious and bleeding. she had a broken leg and severe internal injuries at the hospital. doctor's removed, blood soaked items, including nails, soldiers forced into her body. after she was re got at home, i have spent a month in this hospital. i am receiving treatment. my legs do not move. they are broken, my back is also broken. let alone moving. i can't even get up. i cannot control my hearing. there was a mix of urine and blood being out of me. the enemy has destroyed my life.

that is just one woman's story. how many also women and little girls are being subjected to sexual violence like that in the te gray region? the 3 gastro about to me will help us understand what is going on maza siena. maggie ha, thank you so much for being on the stream today. a really awful topic to talk about my val, 1st of all, introduce yourself to our stream audience. my name is nice. i am the researcher and the human rights activist. thank you so much for being with us. santa introduce yourself to stream audience. tell them who you are, what you do. hi me. thank you for having me on this show. my name is saying i am the executive director for more legacy leadership and advocacy and human rights and women rights open edition. thank you for being hi. amanda has welcome to the stream, introduce yourself to a live audience. hi, my name is medina. i'm the senior global communications office of africa and human

at the international rescue committee. medea i'm going to come to you just a moment, but i also want to just tell audience that we reached out to the prime minister's office. i be at the office and asked him if they would take part in this program. they didn't respond to any of our request for taishan, but i won't say there is a standing invitation for the prime minister's office to be part of any stream program. when we are talking about e. c, o, p a or so if you're new chief, if you'll commenting, you are very welcome to be in this program. i know you have many, many opinions and jump into the comments section. be part of today's discussion. medea i really want to get to sense of what is happening to women and girls, and the extent of the sexual violence, extent of the rapes. can you share some of the stories that you know, absolute, a happening short. so 6 months on now from the thought of the conflict in the region that have been widespread report of sexual violence and

abuse in and around to go away because of the conflict as well as a number of different ways in which women didn't really being impacted because of the course is ways we can, we can get on to later many, i've been on both sides of the border into by itself as well as any su dunaway over 60000 refugees from to go. i have fled to and i've spoken to many of the database people within the camps in guy as well as over the border, any sudan and, and pretty much everyone i spoke to. we counted multiple accounts of having witnessed or hurdles gang rape happening into guy as well as countless evidence of the abuses as well on women and girls. furthermore, a recent gender analysis that the international rescue committee did just found

that women, all as an and monetary and crisis all burying the part of this crisis mazda. as a great activity, you're looking at the situation in your, your home region. and what are you seeing, what are you hearing, particularly when it involving women and girls we continue to hear how, with tennessee rape is being used as a delivery strategic to chain torture and harm. not only the woman and girl, the guy, but also the grand community in general will. so here that, you know, with the nice trip alongside other work tactics being used to erase and cleanse this. again, identity and the people. so clearly at the sexual violence, that was a nice way of increasing day by day and embrace survivors where you know, every tender, sorry to speak with. john are facing a very mounting harassment and attack by the english meter band government. and

it's corny, susan ethiopia, and i know how much official knowledge might have been about these rapes, these attacks actually happen in fermi. they give a back by some, amanda, i say the situation to a stream. we extremely that the reality is a map was a, is that this is a cause, particularly between romance and to guy. it is jewish, and my of them and this, and i'm very concerned about it. this 2018 since i came to power. he have been right there, have been used by into gun soldier course if you're only in room one. this is obviously international committee. peanut tension in 2018 alone. you know, he took into action on document that was the rate that was killing in particularly good. you area, but unfortunately that she's not being talked about. and that's really what i want to really talk about it. of course, in addition to the report that is getting in

a to grice and what the women or 2 guys facing. obviously we are beyond that into just commit this, but it's literally nothing new. we have used a rate of work to really punish the woman that goes and she has not been this because it's the issue about your room. yeah. i see masa, you're not, you hey, go ahead, articulate the note here. i just want to, i just want to add to the fact that rape is being used as a cation not only today, but also of course, in the country, are many to new goals that according to unit 3 and centralized. and then you will be made with different kinds of hiring work, including and particularly with and i. so i just wanted to add to the fact that also women and young girls and not only are being done great, not only by members of the army, but we also hear reports of every time. troops being deep in order me i can meeting the same kind of genocidal crime that there they have been and continue to comment

in today. i want to bring in here, mary cart and mary caught, makes a point of how difficult it is for women in east go get any way to report rape, sexual abuse. he, she is, have a listen to this medea and then come off the back of the video raping other from the sexual violence are so taboo in this region. like in many other places that women and girls are afraid to report. but what we do know is that a few se houses are completely overwhelmed with media now is an investment in local, gray and organizations who are the 1st responders to this crisis. yes, so i completely agree with that. we do need to engage local organizations. i mean, one of the things that we have seen are national committee is the widespread under reporting of these crimes just because of the stigma attached. so there's really no real way of, of getting an idea of the scale of what's happening just because of the under

reporting. but given the reports that we're hearing from others, you know, the situation is so widespread. so i just, i'm scared to think how widespread, in reality, the situation is. i think it's also important at this, this point just to point out that, you know, there are other ways that, that women are suffering because of this conflict. i mean, one of the things that we found in gender analysis that we carried out of the international rescue committee was we found out that women having to engage for example and sexually exploits to relationships just to just go to, to be able to survive or feed their children for very little amounts of money up to $1.25, just to be able to feed that children. so i said women, all you know, bearing the brunt of this conflict. i'm just looking at this headline over 90 percent of people in war t. great need food a you as well? food program is hunger levels are increasing the normal if your region as a pills for 203 a 1000000 to skate up the response. all right,

so there are multiple multiple problems going on as, as always happens when there's a conflict situation, let me go to youtube. i'm going to put this to you. mother, daughter, it says new chip, tens of thousands of prisoners were released from gray prisons. it looks complicated to me. who is kidding and raping is difficult to answer. is it? it really is not really isn't all it takes is to listen to the survivors to listen to the victims. and typically the woman of the guy know who is doing what to them and make more than a 100 times. they have told us that it's been through militia. and also soldiers from base have been national army, are the ones who re things invited their body and telling them that they're doing it in order to cleanse their blood. in order to make sure that the exam will once never give birth. so it's not really need to fix all it takes us to listen to the survivors. and in order all of this to come to light,

there needs to be an independent investigation made by the you and you ought to be so that they can national company. they could really see what the people, particularly the woman had been going through for the past over 200 days. so i could genocide and help hold those back. those, you know, people that are inflicting the pain accountable. so one of the things that we were asking for this program is not just relate the horrific stories, but asking who is to be held accountable, who is going to help the civilians of t guy who need outside help if they're not getting it from within e c o, p, or let me of that and put that to you say. now, where do you think the help should come from family. that's interesting. and i see that you end up doing inventory investigation when any my by commission, per se, for my recommission in 6, jamie, by then i'll give you one example in 20 to 20. when daughter was killed, murdered,

and then 24 hours over a 100 people died. it took him to man commission, took about 6 months to come up with the report. last november, they have conducted a visit about 21 prison in the phone pretty gotten women children ages 5 to 10 years old. they found women in each of these prison in the seen a lot of violence and torture. and all of this, like i said that i mean it's obvious, was committed for the you and for the us even to take in patient for the commission to be part of the nation. when they have covered up by the show, my car drive the way i thought it would come about because we came on person, the week came up and then shortly i'm billed. it's a little bit different so we should be read accountable. who should do this? investigating this is because africa and africa problem for african some problem to joke because the pitch with this is the administration. she purposely talk to the soldiers have son in military into to drive into oral me off. so come

in this out along with the air chan 410. so there's no room yet. this is last life we are the mission. talked to the department about this issue. we know they are in bali. we know the angles in different parts of the country along with that, not a militia. so to, to even ask who should investigate. i mean it's, it's like, listen to the them. it's not complicated, it's straightforward. i'm pretty sure the victim can speak for themselves to even in government us to investigate solve as i think it's just in justified by so this is a un secretary general spokes person. this is what he has to say. mother come off the back of his statement as have a listen. serious violations of international humanitarian human rights law must be promptly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. we, along with our partners, are ready to engage with military commanders to ensure protects civilians.

i want to sign started a previous question, where should the health car come from and what? who needs to be held accountable to help should come from the international community, particularly from the un security council? because it's the security council that can impose strong tentative measures upon both the government and their try and government so that all the june said that work could stop. but at the same thing, the suffering and pain of women could at least get a glimpse of justice and need to be held accountable. are the people that are continuing to inflict, i imagine, of the level of suffering from the people, including the women. this are courses from the region. this are 4 sources from every chem and also formed a national army. but over all the number one enemy of the people of europe and state by itself is said that enabled every trans troops to imprison the server to the country. to inter interested guy into looked into the thing and people, so it's all based on needs to be held accountable basis and government primarily.

but also only if it's connie, but at the same time to help needs to be critical. and so, so this is a thought from dell not to put this on youtube for this conversation. can we reasonably expect the un and also the human rights council to investigate these kinds to be transparent and independent can be reasonably expect that they know you go fast. i mean, here's the thing. this is the way i see. you got a big bass and at this point, non to band government to them. and i just mentioned to you, they sure can. i mean, since he came to power 3 years to go back over 5000 or more young men died and the rest of some of the u. s. government prison there did or the unstable because the whole that you know, to, to me what they need to be looked at it from the bigger angle. and that to make sure that if you can exclusively and without looking at it. so they do,

and the rest is when you look at it, we have you in is the best we got. i think they could. if there's anybody that could do that, i think that would be the, the grand would be the best international to me would be the 2nd and the whole. but that's been government is perpetuate. they have committed this, a model in the room was for 3 years before the doctor worked in november and nobody's speaking above that. and we must really speak about the rate, the woman to torture, the mass killing, the massive movement of the countries in over $50000.00, broke up in late in the room. yeah. and nobody talking about that this woman being a young man, a point to be in the room. yeah. bye bye. if you're been soldiers, i think you in the best we should, right, is the small community in the the, i'm either doing a load on her and to drive away and whatever left over the one thing i didn't say that you and doesn't just walk into countries right, they have to be invited,

they can't just do an investigation, isn't. isn't that the biggest challenge and what we told several months ago that the conflict in the t gray region was over. but at the time when i was never elected, i mean he never, it never came to the power. i'm striking. he's a po box or more or will it was who are imprisoned or dead. leading a bullshit with a dictator. i don't even know what to call them. i mean, really, to just my, the meter, the you engine negotiate with. that's, i mean, mind boggling. so, but i understand, i have one point that you were a big fan of prime minister on it. will you not? you know, why admitted india, because you know, for 20 years we participate in dashboard for change for 20 years. last our life behind just like now working days now to make a noise in 3 years ago. i came to here and met him several times. probably didn't,

he was a part of the region for 27 years down the refuge in america. my parents was imprisoned . my brother, my mother, was killed by the previous government in today. he turned around to buy the hands that was but he committed what type of crime in the u. n. really. really need to push. how long can we wait? i mean, what needs to happen into crash because into dr. tuition is brought. blinding, seen everybody because they are, they're seeing it, but in order to seem to be in a room and nobody's talking about the as these only hold the legs, prisoners and all of the prisoners ramos, women, young children, read who should put out a statement, may 6 the bomb was roughly the default to 85 since they've been in prison july of last year. so it's been painful. yes, we obviously, because we got hired up the participant for 27 years that we built, men have fun things in my chocolate journalist from the country into democracy.

yeah. all right, so santa mazda medea the reason we did the show is because we wanted to ask, is a very practical question. we've seen the heretic allegations, the stories, the counts from the women who have been raped. how to stop ethiopian weaponized sexual violence. that was the big overall question that we were trying to wrestle with. this is christina sarah with one answer. women and goes, lives have been taken from them. some may died from their physical psychological injuries or even worse from h i. v. and aids to grades living it's anchor. what is a country without the women who sustain its communities? how do you bring a person that has died back to life? you help them back together again. you give them their power back to help

security justice and resources to start afresh. the women and girls cannot depend on leaders who have instructed their soldiers to commit acts of sexual violence. the international community must step up and provide them with the desperate security and protection that they need and will need for years to come. mars a lot, the people who are suggesting you think this is the solution, these the people who we need to come in and help with these atrocities that are happening to civilians. have a look here on my laptop this to, to look into the a you au box is a check for genocide, starvation rate door to door execution, looting destruction, home heritage sites burning crops ethnic kindly. this is an opinion, but we're hearing lots of reports that fall into this kind of category. me at a tower lising here. what is the african union doing to play

a role in protecting women and children? the african union is right. that right? how the afternoon is in this yes, and the african you need for a purpose, extend the city of the guy they have cited with the genocide region and you and have been seen multiple times just to find the racing and the loading and the distraction of to guy, so the african union at this point, the best thing they can do for the last figure, particularly for the women that are suffering from the woodson is the rape, is to refer the case to the i c. c or to the you and ask them international intervention. i understand or anything could be an issue. and that's why i'm earlier you were talking to how you and cannot just walk into the country and try stuff. jonah say, however, what's happening was to the guy is not anytime a matter, this is not an issue where intern government organizations should talk about that because whole purpose. they have been government in the region. it's on or anything by inviting a friend and then me to help in this mission to exterminate the people. i think i

so the total over anything has been gone long time ago, but the us has a particular responsibility to take marginalized groups in and but none of the people that are tracing a genocide, a state 13 genocide, so that you and has all mandate and moral obligations have been and ongoing genocide. so i'm just want to bring up a statement here. it comes from the united states government from the, from the white house basically. and the statement came out of the very end of may and, and it's acknowledging what is going on in northern ethiopia, large scale human rights abuses taking place and take lie, including widespread sexual violence. and so it talks about it, it's nosy to it, seen it, but then what is the action center? i mean, the us really taking the leadership, especially it took a long time for the list and the departments because the war broke out in the

vendor. and this is good to stop, but the said that a disability issue really and a long time ago when the opportunity to clear the what is on people in bassett, foreign military terms have been and i think what's missing from the conversation is the bigger one. i mentioned you find it overwhelming because i haven't started this violence again almost 3 years ago. international report in may of last year. what they did the month that comes after kind of killing children 815 and the by the instruction have a wonderful job, but rather not time to walk them, you will see music in life. talk about on running out of time. i, i know that feeling medea i want to bring the conversation back to you. we started with you, i'm going to bring it back to you. because again, how do you stop weaponized saying sexual violence? how do you stop fat? well, we spoke at the beginning of the show about how to interface violence in humanitarian

settings, worsley, underfunded, and so i would suggest, you know, the g service summit for example, provides, would provide an ideal opportunity for renewed commitment to gender equality in humanitarian settings. listening to bodies like the g 7 dead, the quality advisory council is a possible way to include such perspectives. but these conversations have been happening for years about how to prevent a weapon of war and local women. organizations have the unique ability to be able to reach and empower women and girls in their communities every day. and investment across street level have a much greater impact. so without adequate funding to support the nation's commitment, made at the global level will make little no difference on the ground funding and equally important. thank you so much. we started the conversation, we ended up with you. my dear. thank you, siena. thank you, maza. thank you so much, you cheap and on twitter. appreciate your comments to be part of today's program. i

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