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Aid workers face an underreported sexual violence crisis

  • Written by Dyan Mazurana, Associate Research Professor, Tufts University
imageThese South Sudanese soldiers are among those accused of rape, torture, killing and looting during an attack on aid workers.AP Photo/Bullen Chol

The world’s approximately 450,000 humanitarian aid workers operate amid armed conflicts and natural disasters, often in some of the world’s most dangerous countries. They’re not immune to...

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