UN warns conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025
The UN says nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year, more than double the previous year's figure. The warning describes a sharp rise in abuse linked to armed conflict across multiple regions.
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The report says rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons of war. The incidents were recorded across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean.
The source does not name specific countries, perpetrators, or individual incidents. It provides a global total and a regional spread, indicating that the pattern is not confined to one conflict area.
The figures point to widespread abuse documented by the UN in 2025, but the source gives no further operational detail on where the largest concentrations were recorded or what response followed.
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