AT-A-GLANCE
WIDESPREAD UNDER-REPORTING OF FORCED CONVERSION AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE MEANS THE FULL SCALE OF THE CRISIS IS LARGELY HIDDEN.
IN EGYPT, UNDER-REPORTING AND OFFICIAL DENIALS MAKE THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS, BUT RESEARCH REVEALS NUMEROUS CASES OF:
IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS − SUCH AS THE ISLAMIST INSURGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PARTS OF AFRICA − MINORITY WOMEN SUFFER HIGHER RATES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION .
DESPITE INCOMPLETE DATA, SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE SHOWS ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE SO SERIOUS AS TO RANK AS A HUMAN RIGHTS CATASTROPHE.
• FORCED KIDNAPPING • WOMEN ENTICED INTO RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPLOITED.
IN PAKISTAN, RESEARCH SUGGESTS CHRISTIANS COULD COMPRISE UP TO
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES REMAIN SILENT, FEARING: • SOCIAL SHAME • THREATS FROM ABDUCTORS IN OTHER SCENARIOS, AUTHORITIES SILENCE VICTIMS (EX.: POLICE TELL THEM NOT TO TALK). AT ITS MOST EXTREME, THE FORCED CONVERSION OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS GENOCIDE − JIHADISTS
RESEARCH INDICATES THAT CHRISTIANS MAKE
OF WOMEN AND GIRLS HELD BY ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN NIGERIA. 95%
OF WOMEN AND GIRLS FORCIBLY CONVERTED AND MARRIED. 70%
TARGET THEM INTENDING TO DESTROY MINORITY FAITH COMMUNITIES.
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