Experience in Kenya and beyond has shown that while entire
communities suffer the consequences of armed conflict and
terrorism, women and girls are particularly worse affected
because of their status in society and their sex. It has been
proven that it does not matter whether the conflict is cross-
border, foreign occupation, internal civil conflict, inter-
ethnic...or any other - Parties to conflict often rape women
with impunity, sometimes using systematic rape as a tactic of
war and terrorism. The impact of violence against women and
violation of the human rights of women in such situations is
experienced by women of all ages, who suffer displacement, loss
of home and property, loss or involuntary disappearance of close
relatives, poverty and family separation and disintegration, The
other facts are that it is women who are victims of acts of
murder, terrorism, torture, involuntary disappearance, sexual
slavery, rape, sexual abuse and forced pregnancy in situations
of armed conflict, especially as a result o