On the occasion of the 60th Munich Security Conference, Women Political Leaders (WPL) and Munich Security Conference (MSC) calls on international leadership to take decisive action against sexual violence in conflict zones.
The systematic rape of women and girls in Israel, with its subsequent online publication did not cause an international outcry. Also in Congo, in Niger, in South Sudan, in Ukraine, as in all other ongoing conflicts and wars: atrocities of sexual violence committed to women and girls receive little to no attention. This is outrageous and has to change. WPL calls to action with five critical demands:
