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Operation fine girl, rape used as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone, produced and directed by Lilibet Foster, Oxygen Media LLC & WITNESS

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Operation fine girl, rape used as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone, produced and directed by Lilibet Foster, Oxygen Media LLC & WITNESS

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Operation fine girl

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

893212803

Responsibility statement

produced and directed by Lilibet Foster, Oxygen Media LLC & WITNESS

Runtime

Series statement

Human rights cases online video

Sub title

rape used as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone

Summary

Countless atrocities were committed during the course of Sierra Leone's devastating, drawn-out conflict from 1991-2001. With civilians being the primary target of attack, women were particularly vulnerable to violence during the civil war. AFRC and RUF forces regularly kidnapped girls and young women, forcing them into sexual servitude for the forces, or into marriage with commanders. Women young and old were beaten, mutilated, raped, and killed by child soldiers and their adult commanders. For the rebels, sexual violence became a weapon to be used against the civilian populations, as a demonstration of its power and impunity

Target audience

adult

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