Medica Kosova joins Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London

 Sexual violence in conflict destroys lives and damages communities.

The Foreign Secretary and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, co-chaired the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on 10-13 June 2014 at ExCel London.

This was the largest gathering ever brought together on the subject, with 1,700 delegates and 123 country delegations including 79 Ministers. The Summit agreed practical steps to tackle impunity for the use of rape as a weapon of war, and to begin to change global attitudes to these crimes. Read the Chair’s Summary and the Statement of Action.

The President of the Republic of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga as well as two KWN member organizations Medica Kosova and the Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims participated in the Summit.

Medica Kosova presented the paintings of war traumatized women which attracted the attention of the Summit participants coming from public and social life in UK. In this regard the Ambassador of Albania in London Mr.Mal Berisha and members of Albanian community there expressed their pride for having Kosovo representatives present in this event.