Rape incidents in India, Pakistan 'heartbreaking': UN
Through a number of its development programmes, the UN is trying to face the issue, he said.
UNITED NATIONS (Web Desk) - Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has termed the recent incidents of rape and sexual assaults in India and Pakistan ‘heartbreaking’, reported PTI.
"I think these two cases you referred to are heartbreaking," Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said while answering a question on UN s advice for the two countries on this "vicious cycle".
"What is clear is that no country on this planet is immune from the scourge of violence against women, violence against girls. We see it in all country, north, south, east and west," Dujarric said.
Through various programmes, through UN-Women, UNFPA [United Nations Population Fund], UNICEF [United Nations Children s Fund] and others, the UN is working with governments to try to get messages through to communities to respecting girls, to respecting women, he said.
"It s about equal rights. It s about access to health. It s about access to education. It s about empowerment of women. Through a number of its development programmes, the UN is trying to face the issue," said the spokesperson of the UN Secretary General.
Recently, an eight-month-old baby girl was raped by her 27-year-old cousin in New Delhi last week while in Pakistan a seven-year-old girl Zainab was raped and murdered by a serial killer.
