It’s all too easy to miss the point about sex work in areas hit by conflict and disaster. How about listening to the people who experience it?
Some women in refugee camps are afraid to go to distribution points to pick up aid packets because of fear of sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Survival sex – the exchange of sexual favours for aid packets – happens in refugee camps everywhere. Victims are not protected by international human rights law.
Somali soldiers and peacekeepers from the AU Mission during an operation in 2014.
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The military is not tactically trained for community protection and crime fighting and South Africa should not deploy soldiers in urban communities.
In Africa mediation mandates are typically contained in resolutions passed by the UN the AU or sub-regional bodies that attempt to resolve conflicts.
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South Africa’s army is in a dire situation because the government hasn’t provided sufficient funding over the past two decades, hampering its ability to fulfil its duty.
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