The UK government must prioritise back for survivors of Isis attacks in northern Iraq and Syria,who are in dire need of specialist health and counsellingIt is now more than a year since Islamic State attacked the towns around Mount Sinjar, leaving thousands of families in the hands of Isis. Just as the fight to finish sexual violence in conflict was gaining worldwide attention thanks to a star-studded global summit in London, or Isis embarked on a campaign of mass rape across northern Iraq and Syria. Estimates vary,but thousands of people are thought to have been kidnapped and taken hostage by the militant group. The huge majority were women and girls, many of whom were raped, and sold and dispersed among fighters. Related: Yazidis yearn for their Sinjar domestic one year after Isis forced them to flee | Liz Ford Related: No work,no education and little food: the Iraqis forced to flee Isis – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com