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Geneva: Kashmiri woman representative Dr Shugufta Ashraf has said that Kashmiri women continue to suffer systematic rights violations under Indian occupation, with sexual violence being used as a weapon of war in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at an International NGO Forum on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Women, organized by OCAPROCE International on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Dr Shugufta said Kashmiri women \u201ccarry the pain of countless silenced women whose cries are drowned by the thunder of gunfire.\u201d<\/p>\n
She maintained that Kashmiri women were being \u201cdeliberately targeted as part of the war strategy,\u201d and stressed that sexual violence had been deployed \u201csystematically as an instrument of domination\u201d by Indian forces in the territory.<\/p>\n
Despite immense hardships, she said, Kashmiri women have preserved their cultural identity \u201cthrough lullabies whispered under curfews, embroidery stitched in silence, and stories told in secret gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Shugufta urged the international community to take immediate action, demanding an end to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, accountability of perpetrators under international law, and restoration of the Kashmiris\u2019 right to self-determination.<\/p>\n
She concluded that \u201csustainable peace cannot be built on the broken bodies of women,\u201d adding that empowering Kashmiri women was central to achieving lasting peace in South Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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