According to the Expdonaloaded blog, Bangura lamented in a statement signed by her Office’s Advocacy and Women’s Rights Specialist, Ms Letitia Anderson, that one-year after the Chibok girls’ abduction many were still in captivity.
“Over a year since the extremist group, Boko Haram, abducted 276 teenage girls in Chibok, Borno State in Nigeria, many still remain in captivity.
“I am appalled by reports that hundreds of the recently released female captives were repeatedly raped by Boko Haram militias and compelled to ‘marry’ their captors.
“These latest revelations suggest that Boko Haram is not only destroying existing family and community structures but is bent on controlling their future composition.“In order to give rise to a new generation raised in their own image, they are waging war on women’s physical, sexual and reproductive autonomy and rights,’’ Bangura stated.Sexual violence, according to her, was not merely incidental, but integral to Boko Haram’s strategy of domination and self-perpetuation.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com..The UN official, who said she recently met with women and girls in the Middle East that were newly released from sexual slavery by ISIL, renewed the organisation’s call for the immediate release of the abducted women and girls.“I reiterate my calls for all abducted women and girls to be immediately released from captivity and returned safely to their families. I call upon the government of Nigeria, with support from the international community and local organisations, to provide medical and psychosocial care for those who have been impregnated,’’ she said.Bangura also called for the provision of treatment for women and girls infected with sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDs.
She urged the international community to adopt a coordinated response that would address the root causes of violent extremism in communities.
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