The National Women Studies Association has done little to condemn Hamas or assist the victims of the worst attack against women in recent memory, says the AEN.
Evidence of Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7 was available all along. Women activists hope that its presentation at the UN headquarters will lead more people to recognize what happened.
“I expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations to speak up against this atrocity,” Netanyahu said.
“It was often impossible for families to be shown faces – and it seems as if mutilation of these women’s faces was an objective in their murders."
The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday
Gadot called on the world to break the silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas against women and girls on October 7th and in captivity.
A UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
The deafening silence of global feminist organizations that were expected to spearhead the acknowledgment of gender-based violence in its most severe manifestations was followed by a denial campaign.
A new study sought to understand public perceptions on retributive justice in cases of lethal violence against women.
The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."