Secretary Clinton's Remarks on Women, Peace, and Security

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December 19, 2011 Secretary Clinton's Remarks on Women, Peace, and Security Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC The Changing Nature of War and its Impact on Women There are dozens of active conflicts today, many of them brutal civil wars. These wars often involve non-state actors and have become increasingly deadly for civilians, especially women, who face abduction, rape and dislocation on a massive scale.[i] Non-combatants represented 10 percent of the casualties in World War I and 50 percent in World War II, but as high as 90 percent of contemporary conflicts in Africa.

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