Angelina Jolie & U.K., U.N. on Preventing Sexual Violence

London, U.K.   Sexual violence is used in conflict as a way to humiliate and destroy communities. A culture of impunity means that millions of women, children and men who have survived sexual attacks in war rarely see any form of justice, and perpetrators are able to commit these horrific crimes without fear of any consequences.

In May 2012 the U.K. Foreign Secretary, William Hague and U.N. Special Envoy for Refugees Angelina Jolie launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in London. On 24 September 2013 they will call on members of the United Nations to sign a new Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence, containing political and practical commitments to end these abhorrent crimes.

We need to create an irreversible global momentum to shift the stigma of shame from survivors to perpetrators. By adding your voice, calling for members of the United Nations to sign up to this Declaration you are sending a strong message to politicians around the world that now is the time to end the use of rape as a weapon of war.

You can find out more about the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative at  http://preventsexualviolenceinconflict.tumblr.com  and by following @FCOHumanRights #TimeToAct

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