Latest International News on Human Rights. http://justicefortheworld.org 2010-03-11T10:36:52+01:00 http://justicefortheworld.org http://justicefortheworld.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2010-03-08T01:00:00+01:00 http://justicefortheworld.org http://justicefortheworld.org/index.php/News/Sierra-Leone/UN-Sexual-Violence-Against-Girls-in-Sierra-Leone-Alarming.html VOA News After what the United Nations and civil society groups see as an alarming number of sexual abuse cases during the past three months in Sierra Leone, they are calling for action to end impunity in violence against women, especially young girls.On March 2, in the remote eastern district of Kono, a 12-year-old girl died after allegedly being raped by a 56-year-old man. This is one example of the rise in cases of sexual violence against young girls reported during the past three months in Sierra Leone.Civil society groups have strongly condemned sexual violence and are calling for targeted action to prevent and prosecute attacks against young girls in the country.Rule of law and gender specialist Victoria Nwogu, of the U.N. Access to Justice Program, says the sexual violence committed against women during Sierra Leone's civil war has yet to be addressed. Today, the... text/html 2010-01-20T13:10:36+01:00 http://justicefortheworld.org http://justicefortheworld.org/index.php/News/Articles/How-to-use-the-Database-of-Articles.html Our article categories (index.php/Table/News/) are presented mostly by relevancy of region. In order to quickly find articles related to a topic, you may choose to search (index.php/Search.html) our website.