Kathleen Kuehnast on Women in Conflict Zones

July 03, 2019 00:10:14
Kathleen Kuehnast on Women in Conflict Zones
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Kathleen Kuehnast on Women in Conflict Zones

Jul 03 2019 | 00:10:14

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Show Notes

At a recent USIP event, Nobel laureate Nadia Murad discussed her efforts to end sexual violence and human trafficking—two criminal practices that Kathleen Kuehnast says “have been institutionalized and militarized.” To disincentivize these human rights abuses, Kuehnast says we must reinforce that these heinous but often lucrative practices are “not a livelihood—this is criminality.”

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