Is this the beginning of the end of the war on women’s bodies?

The recent summit in London has grabbed headlines, but whether we have now reached a turning point in the fight to end sexual violence in conflict remains to be seen.

By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

(Photo By The intrusion of current affairs exposed the limitations of the summit. Photo: Foreign Office on Flickr)

So it begins again. Soldiers are systematically raping women, men, and children, this time in Syria. Piecing together testimonies gathered over the last three years, NGOs and journalists have identified case after case of sexual violence used to terrorise civilians.

The world is one in unanimous horror on this issue, but only in recent decades have governments and multilateral agencies classified rape as a crime against humanity.