23.11: Gender Violence Abroad
Fight Gender Violence Abroad Other Information:
The genocide in Darfur has had particularly devastating consequences for women. Tens of thousands of women have been killed,
raped, and displaced since the conflict began in 2003. Barack Obama has been a leading voice in Washington urging the end
of genocide in Sudan. He worked with Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, a version of
which was signed into law. Obama has traveled to the United Nations to meet with Sudanese officials and visited refugee camps
on the Chad-Sudan border to raise international awareness of the ongoing humanitarian disaster there. He also worked with
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) to secure $20 million for the African Union peacekeeping mission.
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