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UNFPA - 18 March 2011
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - WAR RAPE VICTIMS
NEED POLITICAL WILL FOR SOCIAL SUPPORT
She does not have a first name, nor a face. “No photos, please.
” Seated in a small dark room, her psychologist at her side, the “woman of
Through a partnership between the Ministry of Human Rights and
the United Nations Populations Fund, a project “trust fund” was submitted for
approval to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers to “simplify the
procedure for securing the legal status of “victim” and to offer real financial
and social support to women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ” says the Vice Minister
for Human Rights.
Living with a sense of permanent “victimization” “Bosnian
society no longer wants to be hostage of its past,” says Faris Hadrovic,
UNFPA’s representative in