![]() ![]() Instead, she said, they should shift their historically massive military expenditures towards human resilience. Spotlighting worrying increases in misogyny and attacks on women who are visible in public life, she urged States - many of whose resources are dwindling amid the pandemic’s economic shocks - not to cut funding to crucial health care and protection programmes for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. Pramila Patten, who is the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefed the 15-member Council’s quarterly debate on women, peace and security, which was held in a videoconference format. Facing pandemic lockdowns, spiking violence and eroded access to services and legal protections, women in war zones continue to suffer and global commitments remain largely unmet, the United Nations senior official on sexual violence in conflict told the Security Council today, calling for a “paradigm shift” in how resources are allocated in the post-COVID-19 world. ![]()
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