ICP
Asks UN Women
About ISIS,
Rape Cover Up
in Darfur,
Jobs for
Cronies
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, March
8 -- On
International
Women's Day
Inner City
Press asked
the head of UN
Women Phumzile
Mlambo about
the Islamic
State of Iraq
and Syria, and
about the UN's
cover-up of
mass rape in
Tabit, Darfur
and slated
handing of
Angela Kane's
UN Disarmament
post to Mister
Kim Won-soo.
Video
here.
Phumzile
Mlambo replied
that ISIS is
extreme,
violent and
cruel and that
it more
dangerous to
be a woman
than to be a
soldier. She
said, we need
political
solutions but
UN Women may
not be the
lead agency
for the UN.
But, she said,
in Colombia UN
Women is so
active for the
UN system it
is UN Women
which is
leading in the
dialogue.
When it comes
to recruiting,
she said, we
are always
advocating for
women.
Sometimes we
win, sometimes
we lose, she
said. What
about
Disarmament?
Or even, OCHA?
In her
response,
Phumzile
Mlambo spoke
about cases
where UN
Peacekeepers
are charged
with sexual
misconduct.
Not addressed
is that UN
Peacekeeping
does not make
public the
outcome of any
cases --
essentially,
being sent
home is the
only
punishment
that is
disclosed.
As to UN
Peacekeeping's
UNAMID
actively
covering-up
rapes in Tabit
in Darfur, it
has yet to be
addressed.
Perhaps during
the March, or
CSW. Watch
this site.
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