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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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Women Survivors of Genocide and Sexual Violence Gathered in Santa María Nebaj, on 24 February 2023, we Ixil, Q’eqchi’es, Poqomchi’es, Achi’es and mestizo women unite our voices to dignify all the victims of the Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala, which deeply affected our lives. Considering that our lives and our bodies were used as a […]

Ukraine Since Russia began its occupation of Crimea in 2014, conflict-related sexual violence has been used against civilians in Ukraine, with survivors reporting abuses in detention centres, at checkpoints, and during the advance of armed forces into their communities. Following Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, the scale and frequency of such violations intensified.   As of June 2025, Ukraine’s Office […]

Uganda Men, women and children in Uganda were abducted and subjected to conflict-related sexual violence during fighting between the national armed forces and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from 1986 to 2006. In 2019, the government created a national transitional justice policy, but it has yet to take effect – preventing survivors from receiving reparations.  We work alongside civil […]

Türkiye Executions, mass arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearances characterised the daily life of Syrians under the Assad regime, particularly during the 13-year civil war. Less discussed and acknowledged was the systematic and widespread use of sexual violence. Committed by both the Syrian regime and other parties, sexual violence was perpetrated indiscriminately against women, men, and children throughout the […]

South Sudan Since the onset of the civil war in 2013, South Sudan has experienced widespread conflict-related sexual violence. Rape, sexual slavery and other forms of conflict-related sexual violence have been used during the war in all ten states and three administrative areas, despite a revitalised peace agreement signed in 2018.   While no official survivors’ register exists, thousands of […]