Ukraine refugees face ever-present sexual violence threat


UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Moldova says Ukrainian women at risk of sexual violence as refugees. – AFP pic, April 27, 2022.

AS Ukrainian women endure the war engulfing their homeland, or seek to flee it, sexual violence is a pervasive threat, according to Colleen Roberts of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Moldova.   

The United Nations estimates more than five million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.


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