War-related Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone

In 1991, a struggle for political control of Sierra Leone broke out. And it changes the face of the country in an unprecedented way. Many people are dissatisfied with colonialism caused by diamonds, injustice, greed, structural defects ("war-related sexual violence" 15-9). As a result, the revolutionary Unified Front (RUF) invaded after training in Liberia, trying to overturn the current government (Park 317).

Between 1991 and 2002, a war broke out in Sierra Leone in Africa where the rebel army entered the village of Africa, forced the citizen off and forced ("Introduction to Sierra Leone"). A former citizen of Sierra Leone, Adebunmi Savage, explained the reality of this civil war. In 1996, the war in Sierra Leone became a terrible disaster. It is a privilege to recruit children to soldiers, kill their families, make death easier, and live. - One of the prominent themes of "Long Road" is innocent loss in war. A Long Way Gone is a memoir of Ishmael Beah, a young boy struggling to survive in Sierra Leone. In order to survive, he eventually attacked the village from the hands of armed groups and killed everyone. One of the themes of "Long Manga" is that war brings revenge to innocent people, destroys childhood, and war becomes part of their daily lives.

Women and girls are particularly affected during intense conflict. Sexual violence is often used as a tool of warfare, and men and boys may be abused like this, but women and girls are the main targets. With an 11 year civil war in Sierra Leone, an estimated 250 thousand women became eligible for sexual violence. They are particularly affected by conflict, but in many cases women are constrained by formal conflict resolution and peace process. In the past 20 years, women accounted for only 9% of negotiators in peace negotiations and only 92 of the 585 out of the peace agreements between 1990 and 2010 mentioned 92 women.

The civil war in Sierra Leone is known all over the world as its terrible atrocities, especially widespread cutting of the hands and feet of the villagers. Until recently, however, little attention was paid to abuse, especially for women. "Violence against women is not a mere coincidence of conflict," Mr. Novroj told the African Renaissance. Method"