i'm christine window while come to africa i'm glad you're today and the issue of sexual violence against women has taken center stage at the united nations today germany as chair of the un security council and several of the countries pushed a draft resolution combating the use of rape in conflict zones to noble nori it's all there to raise awareness about the issues. that is a woman who was kept as a sex slave in syria by the so-called islamic state and dr dennis he is a gynecologist from congo who's treated women who've suffered injuries off to being raped in the d.r. see rape and sexual abuse have been used as weapons of war in several african countries for example south sudan the democratic republic of congo the central african republic and morally all countries torn by years of conflict when it comes to rape in conflict impunity is still the. home the perpetrators of those who carry