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Author: Lulu Mitshabu

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    Women's lives the front line of conflict

    • Lulu Mitshabu
    • 18 September 2014
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    'It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict', says Major General Patrick Cammaert, a former UN Peacekeeping Operation commander in DRC. Let’s reflect on that for a moment. It has become more dangerous to be a woman collecting firewood or water than to be on the front lines as a fighter.

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