Today Physicians for Human Rights convened a Capitol Hill Briefing on violence against women in Sudan and Chad. The briefing featured 3 physicians who spent several weeks on the ground in Chad and highlighted the findings from Nowhere to Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women.
The physicians called for a new comprehensive approach to end gender-based violence occurring inside and outside camps in Chad and Darfur and an end to impunity for the crime of rape
The briefing featured Dr Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah, formerly of the Amel Center for the Treatment & Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Darfur, Susannah Sirkin of Physicians for Human Rights and report authors and PHR Chad investigation medical team Dr Linda Piwowarczyk, Dr Julia VanRooyen, Dr Sondra Crosby.
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Tags: Amel Center, Capitol Hill, Chad, Darfur, gender-based violence, Physicians for Human Rights, Sudan, Violence Against Women, Washington DC
