Beiruting News

Baroness Anelay, the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict (PSVI), held talks with the Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie Pitt, and the African Union Chairperson, Madame Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Together with Madame Zuma, they agreed to do more to challenge attitudes to sexual violence, support victims and empower women in conflict-affected areas. They agreed the importance of intensifying PSVI work in conflict areas in Iraq and Syria, where UK troops have so far trained 700 peshmerga fighters in preventing and responding to sexual violence.