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REDRESS and the Global Survivors Fund will host a side-event to the 73rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on reparations for survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in Africa.   The event will be introduced by Commissioner Maya Sahli-Fadel and organised in two sessions:  The event will be followed […]

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Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi is the Psychosocial Support Lead with the Youth Initiative Against Terrorism (YIAT).   There are more than 30 women in the room in Adamawa, northeast Nigeria, where I lead a pyschosocial therapy session as part of GSF’s interim reparative measures project. All are survivors of sexual violence committed by Boko Haram. As they […]

It was a seemingly simple act, putting pen to paper in an office in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. But for dozens of Timorese survivors, it marked a new chapter in their decades-long fight for justice.   This summer, the ‘Pirilampu’ national survivor network was officially registered as a formal association, marking a major milestone for the group of women from […]

We meet in the New Jerusalem internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri. Around us, temporary shelters made of flimsy wood structures and tarpaulins have become permanent homes for those who fled the attacks and kidnappings of Boko Haram. Women have gathered in the camp’s safe space, like they do every week, to attend a group […]

Mustafa* was born and raised in Bor, a South Sudanese town scarred by conflict. A father of two children, he knew no other survivors in his area when GSF began an interim reparative measures project with local partners in 2024. What followed, he said, would change his life completely. For years, he had carried the weight of […]

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Mukwege Foundation and the Global Survivors Fund (GSF) co-hosted the first-ever Asian Regional Survivors Exchange in Bangkok on 19 June. The event brought together survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from four countries across Asia, along with partners and allies.  Over two days, survivors […]

We sat down with Ruth Quinn, GSF’s Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer on Reparation Financing, to learn more about her work and the key misconceptions  surrounding funding programmes for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Why is the Global Survivor’s Fund focusing on the financing of reparations? […]

With the launch of our 2024 Annual Report, GSF reflects on a year of growth and accomplishments, from advancing pioneering legislation for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine to the end of our first three interim reparative measurements projects. The success of our pilot in Ukraine – delivering urgent financial compensation to survivors across […]

Following the launch of our impact report from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Karine Bonneau, GSF’s Head of Projects for Interim Reparative Measures, reflects on the lessons learnt from the project and how it has shaped our work.  The full report can be accessed here.   As the second of three pilots, the project […]