Saturday, November 19, 2005

Women's Issues: Darfur's culture of impunity for rape

The Sudan Tribune, reports that aid workers claim that a culture of impunity for rape in Sudan's Darfur region means women who have been assaulted and left for dead, say they don't even bother to report the attacks to police.

The article entitled, "Darfur women decry impunity for rape," tells the story of Mariam, who as the newspaper reports,"was too afraid to give her full name because she was worried about reprisals for discussing the taboo subject".