Before the guns speak: Conflict-related sexual violence starts in the classroom, not Bawku
On the 12th International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ghana’s own experience shows that the line between “peacetime” and “conflict” abuse is far thinner than commemoration allows.
On June 19, 2026, the world marks the 12th International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
This is how the risk of conflict-related sexual violence emerges in practice: not only in declared wars, but wherever displacement, weak institutions, armed actors, and overstretched justice systems converge.
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