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Our work Education as reparation Conflict is widely recognised as one of the biggest factors disrupting children’s access to education globally. The consequences are immense: according to rights groups, 17.4 million children are out of school in Sudan[1], an estimated 2.8 million in South Sudan[2], and approximately 235,000 Rohingya refugee children aged 5–17 remain out […]

Yemen Since 2014, the conflict in Yemen has been marked by multiple serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, with devastating humanitarian consequences. Less known, and largely underreported, is the enormous rise in sexual violence committed in different forms across the country, and in areas controlled by all parties to the conflict. This […]

Kenya In the wake of Kenya’s disputed December 2007 elections, violence erupted across the country, claiming more than 1,000 lives and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Sexual violence was used against women and girls – and, to a lesser extent, men and boys. While the official number of survivors documents 900 cases, our GRS estimated that the number was likely to reach 10,000 for the post-electoral period.   In […]

Mali Mali has been marked by conflict and a climate of violence and insecurity for over a decade. From 2012 to 2013, fighters from several groups including Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), and Ansar Dine, made recurrent and in some cases systematic use of sexual violence.  In […]

Bangladesh Since 2016, approximately 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh, escaping what has since been described by the UN as genocide. Persecution from the military junta in Myanmar included the widespread use of conflict-related sexual violence, such as mass rape and sexual torture. Women and children are also often subjected to sexual […]

Our donors Our work is made possible through contributions from our global donor community. Thanks to their generosity, GSF is able to work with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in the most urgent settings, in addition to providing longer-term support in the fight for reparation. Flexible funding allows us to answer the most critical needs […]

How we work Global Reparations Study Recognising the lack of a comprehensive catalogue and accounting of reparation practices around the world, the Global Survivors Fund (GSF) has undertaken a global study on reparation for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. This Global Reparations Study focuses on the status of and opportunities for reparation for survivors of […]

Guatemala Sexual violence was systematically used against Guatemala’s Indigenous Mayan communities, who were subjected to genocide during the civil war (1960-1996.) The conflict left more than 200,000 people dead, 50,000 missing, and entire communities displaced. Women and girls were specifically targeted through rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of sexual violence intended to destroy family […]

Option 1 For survivors and with survivors 1 We are undertaking a global study on reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. This Global Reparations Study focuses on the status of and opportunities for reparation in over 20 countries.  Consult our studies For survivors and with survivors 2 We are undertaking a global study on […]

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