Campaigns

1. A woman hid with her family for 6 days, gave birth to a baby who died shortly thereafter. Her husband killed. Next, she was mercilessly raped in the presence of her children. Women are suffering unimaginable war crimes. #TigrayCantWait @fidh_en @USAmbUN https://www.voanews.com/ethiopia-tigray/un-hunger-rape-rising-ethiopias-tigray

2. April is a good time to shed light on weaponized rape taking place in Tigray. Women tell horrific stories of captivity at the hands of soldiers, who gang rape them to the point of physical debilitation. This must stop. #TigrayCantWait #SAAM2021 @NSVRC https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

3. Not only must weaponized rape be condemned but the @UN must follow up with solid actions. @UN Security Council, you have a Responsibility to Protect civilians. How much longer before you intervene? #TigrayCantWait @KenyaMissionUN @USAmbUN @VietNam_UN https://www.voanews.com/ethiopia-tigray/un-hunger-rape-rising-ethiopias-tigray

4. “There is a mother here who was impregnated when 3 Eritrean soldiers & 2 Ethiopian soldiers raped her. Now she can’t move her legs.” Victims of weaponized rape are facing a life of deep emotional & physical trauma. #TigrayCantWait @wagatwe @TeenVogue https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

5. Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Weaponized rape has been rampant in Tigray since November 2020. Women & girls have been held captive by soldiers & gang raped for days on end. Please share their stories. #TigrayCantWait @kerrywashington @Essence https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

6. “Women say they have been raped by armed actors, they also told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members & men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence.” #TigrayCantWait @MavicCBalleza @Wevyn @WomensAction https://time.com/5950244/un-crisis-ethiopia-tigray/

7. SBGV crimes should never go hidden especially in times of war. Tigray desperately needs international intervention to end these brutal rape attacks. Why isn’t more being done to stop #TigrayGenocide? #TigrayCantWait @VP @SecBlinken @SenatorShaheen https://www.dw.com/en/tigray-crisis-worsening-with-no-withdrawal-of-eritrean-troops-in-sight-un/a-57220685

8. “She told us not to hide so we come here for treatment. I’ve been bleeding for a month,” said one rape victim. Some are injured so badly, that they are now incontinent. Others pregnant or HIV+. Weaponized rape must stop. #TigrayCantWait @LindaT_G @AOC https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

9. “They arrive in heat that soars above 100 F, carrying the pain of gunshot wounds, injured vaginas, welts on beaten backs. Less visible are the horrors that jolt them awake at night.” #TigrayCantWait #SAAM2021 @TheAmandaGorman @rihanna @rupikaur_ https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

10. SGBV to brutalize women needs to be taken seriously by Int’l. leaders & concerns must be accompanied with action. The @UN Security Council needs to ensure the removal of all invading troops. #TigrayCantWait @USAmbUN @NorwayUN @SVG_UN @phumzileunwomen https://www.cbsnews.com/video/un-warns-sexual-violence-being-used-as-weapon-of-war-in-ethiopias-tigray-region/

1. “After I cried, he raped me then left & raped my grandmother after they beat her & dragged her by her feet.” Sexual assault & torture is inhumane. When will @UN leaders intervene & empower the roles they agreed to? @USAmbUN #TigrayCantWait #SAAM2021https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

2. “We are here to make you HIV-positive,” a victim of weaponized rape was told by a solider. Women & young girls have become targets of systematic rape crimes & we need your help to amplify their voices. #TigrayCantWait @keepachildalive @aliciakeys @ava https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/make-hiv-positive-hundreds-women-rush-tigray-hospitals-soldiers/

3. A young mother was trying to get home with food for her two kids but soldiers had other plans. A horrific 11-day ordeal ensued of constant gang rape that left her badly injured. When will you help protect these women? #TigrayCantWait @JoeBiden @VP https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-rape-specialreport-idAFKBN2C20P0

4. “..many of the women she treated were also physically abused, with broken bones & bruised body parts…the youngest girl she treated was 8 years old, while the oldest was 60.” When will you act against these war crimes? @antonioguterres #TigrayCantWait https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

5. As members of the @UN Security Council you are well versed on weaponized rape in Tigray, yet you stand idle failing to exercise the powers you have to end this brutality. How cruel. #TigrayCantWait @irishmissionun @NorwayUN @UKUN_NewYork @franceonu https://www.channel4.com/news/horror-and-unspeakable-crimes-in-the-war-in-tigray

6. “A @UN humanitarian official..[pointed] to targeted civilian killings, over 500 recent rape cases, an increasing number of people fleeing violence, 4.5 million people needing food, & children on the brink of starvation.” #TigrayCantWait @UzraZeya @jrsusa https://time.com/5950244/un-crisis-ethiopia-tigray/

7. “They arrive in heat that soars above 100 F, carrying the pain of gunshot wounds, injured vaginas, welts on beaten backs.Fighters raping a woman one by one for speaking her own language.” Please amplify #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait & @Blklivesmatter https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

8. “They tied me up & 5 soldiers took turns with me. I crawled out of there because I couldn’t walk anymore.” Women subjected to weaponized rape are suffering immense grief & physical impediments. Please be a voice for the voiceless. @Malala #TigrayCantWaithttps://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

9. Women share their accounts of being held captive & gang raped by merciless soldiers in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. These are unimaginable war crimes & victims need their voices heard. #TigrayCantWait @warsan_shire @rupikaur_ @melindagates @Alyssa_Milano https://www.channel4.com/news/horror-and-unspeakable-crimes-in-the-war-in-tigray

10. Many hospitals in Tigray have been looted & destroyed by military, leaving rape victims at risk of not receiving proper medical care. Many suffer in silence, fearing reprisal. @antonioguterres how can you keep turning a blind eye? #TigrayCantWait https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/make-hiv-positive-hundreds-women-rush-tigray-hospitals-soldiers/

1. “Some reported walking for two weeks. Some were reportedly killed, particularly youngsters. People were reportedly beaten. Women were subject to rape. Some were pregnant & delivered on the way losing their babies.” #TigrayCantWait @JaneEllison @ActionAid https://time.com/5950244/un-crisis-ethiopia-tigray/

2. “…they’ve come there to cleanse them…to cleanse the blood line, “ a doctor explains of the ethic cleansing & weaponized rape campaign against women & girls in Tigray. Please stand up against this. #TigrayCantWait #SAAM2021 @violadavis @aliciakeys https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

3. “Memories of dozens of bodies strewn on riverbanks. Fighters raping a woman one by one for speaking her own language. A child, weakened by hunger, left behind.” #TigrayGenocide #TigrayCantWait @ChimamandaReal @ellengorris @heidiklum @salmahayekhttps://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-tigray-minority-ethnic-cleansing-sudan-world-news-842741eebf9bf0984946619c0fc15023

4. “In this particular conflict — which has started to look more and more like an example of ethnic cleansing — rape is being used to humiliate, shame, destroy dignity & shatter the souls of Tigrayan women.” #TigrayCantWait @VitalVoices @iwda @SFCG_ @NDI https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethiopia-tigray-news-executions-rape-war-atrocities-genocide

5. Crimes against humanity rise in Tigray. How many more reports do you need before you act? It’s time to hold @AbiyAhmedAli & Isaias Afwerki accountable in @IntlCrimCourt. #TigrayCantWait #TigrayGenocide @KarimKhanQC @UNGeneva @GCR2P @USAmbUN @ICJ_org https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-15/sexual-violence-being-used-as-weapon-of-war-in-ethiopias-tigray-un-says

6. “One survivor recounted a 10-day ordeal to which she & 5 other women were gang-raped by Eritrean soldiers. Troops joked & took photos as they injected her w/ a drug, tied her to a rock, stripped, stabbed & raped her repeatedly.” #TigrayCantWait @hrw https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethiopia-tigray-news-executions-rape-war-atrocities-genocide

7. “Rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute a war crime, a crime against humanity.” @UNHumanRights has a duty to protect the women & children of Tigray! #TigrayCantWait @GCR2P @KarimKhanQC @ItalyUN_NY @JapanMissionUN @SwedenUN @SpainUN https://thehill.com/policy/international/548574-un-warns-sexual-violence-being-used-as-war-weapon-in-ethiopias-tigray

8. Mass rape & sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Tigray, amongst other atrocities. We must learn the lessons of genocide & hold perpetrators accountable. We can’t let history repeat. #TigrayCantWait @IntlCrimCourt @mbachelet @UNOSAPG @USIPhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/africa/ethiopia-rape-abuse-abiy-response-intl/index.html

9. Art. 7 of the Rome Statute of @IntlCrimCourt states that rape & sexual violence, as part of systematic attack directed at any civilian popul. constitutes a crime against humanity. We must act now stop this. #TigrayCantWait @RepGregoryMeeks @RepMalinowski https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-rape-specialreport-idAFKBN2C20P0

10. “On the field, 23 soldiers raped me,” a survivor recounts of the horror she faced. This type of inhumanity cannot be understood and it has no place in any society. Please take a stand against #TigrayGenocide. #TigrayCantWait #BlackLivesMatter @EBONYMag https://news.sky.com/story/ethiopias-conflict-in-tigray-women-describe-how-rape-is-used-as-a-weapon-12257465

1. “Claim to be Amhara & we’ll give you back your house & find you a husband. But if you claim to be Tigrayan, we will come & rape you again.” Tigrayans are being punished for their identity. #TigrayCantWait @WomenAfrica35 @GCRFGenderHub @phumzileunwomenhttps://news.yahoo.com/leave-no-tigrayan-ethiopia-ethnicity-070051426.html

2. The Ethiopian govt. denied civilian rapes & casualties, despite numerous reports of atrocities. The people of Tigray deserve justice. When will the world react to their plea for help? #TigrayCantWait @KellyTClements @RaoufMazou @EduCannotWait @ChrisCoons https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopias-tigray-conflict-strips-children-protection-education-nutrition-unicef-says

3. A woman’s body is not a battlefield. But criminal armed forces are using rape as a weapon of war, with the intention of inflicting deep psychological pain for generations to come. The world needs to stand by humanity. #TigrayCantWait @BoehmeCatharina https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-raising-alarm-looming-humanitarian-crisis-ethiopias-war/story?id=77068798

4. The people of Tigray are not safe in the presence of military, whether they are Eritrean, Ethiopian, or Amhara. Tigrayan women have become daily victims of rape by all invading forces.@ElliottGEIA @whatthewomensay @MenCareGlobal @heidiklum @salmahayekhttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-conflict-rape-idUSKBN29S0BG

5. Eritrean troops forced nails, a rock, & other items into her vagina, & threatened her with a knife; after 23 of them raped her over the course of 11 days. How can we reach that degree of inhumanity? #TigrayCantWait @UzraZeya @gnwp_gnwp @ahunnaeziakonwa https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-rape-specialreport-idAFKBN2C20P0

6. “Do African lives not matter as much as those experiencing conflict in other countries?” World leaders need to be challenged with these type of haunting questions. The situation is growing worse & #TigrayCantWait. @Ilhan @RashidaTlaib @YohannesAbraham https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopias-tigray-conflict-strips-children-protection-education-nutrition-unicef-says

7. The women and girls of Tigray urgently need the leadership and support of @UN_Women @unwomenafrica @WomenforWomen. They deserve an end to their unimaginable suffering. They deserve justice. They deserve peace. End #SGBV in Tigray now. #TigrayCantWait https://www.reuters.com/world/special-report-health-official-alleges-sexual-slavery-tigray-women-blame-2021-04-15/

8. .@AbiyAhmedAli has admitted that SGBV is rampant in Tigray. He has been unable or unwilling to follow through with his promises of accountability. The international community must work to ensure the protection of women. End #SGBV #TigrayCantWait @USUN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/africa/ethiopia-rape-abuse-abiy-response-intl/index.html

9. Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are consistently identified as the perpetrators of atrocious acts against women and girls. Who will hold them accountable? End #SGBV #TigrayCantWait #TigrayGenocide #SAAM2021 @MexOnu @SAMissionNY @FinlandUN @SofiaVergara https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethiopia-tigray-news-executions-rape-war-atrocities-genocide/

10. “We don’t know where to go, all places are like fire. It is better to die than live like this…we have seen worse than death and it doesn’t matter if we die.” Tigrayans need urgent protection. #TigrayGenocide @RepPressley @USAID @USAIDFFP @RoyalFamily https://www.care.org/news-and-stories/press-releases/tigray-ethiopia-we-have-seen-worse-than-death-and-it-doesnt-matter-if-we-die/

1. Immediately and verifiably remove the Amhara militias and Eritrean troops from all of Tigray. The women and girls of the region will not be safe until the genocidal invaders are excised. #TigrayCantWait @UNHumanRights @UAEMissionToUN @WomenDeliver https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/19/africa/ethiopia-tigray-rape-investigation-cmd-intl/index.html

2. Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are using #SGBV against Tigrayans to undermine individuals, families, communities, and the entire cultural group. It is an insidious avenue of #TigrayGenocide. Demand @UN-led independent investigations. @mbachelet @GBVAoR1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-un-idUSKBN2BH2ZC

3. On top of the initial damage of the #SGBV that Tigrayan women and girls have survived, they must confront their attackers day in and day out and relive their trauma. How can they heal, how can the region heal if it is still under siege? #TigrayCantWait @OCHA_Ethiopia @UNICEF

4. “There she was kept for eleven days, during which time she was raped repeatedly by 23 men. A group of Eritrean soldiers came to the hospital with the intention of killing the victim.” Weaponized rape must stop.@mbachelet @franceonu#TigrayCantWait https://observers.france24.com/en/africa/20210419-video-shows-the-horror-of-rape-as-weapon-of-war-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region

5. “There is no doubt that sexual violence is being used in this conflict as a weapon of war,” @UNReliefChief said, adding the majority of rapes were committed by men in uniformThis should outrage us all! End #SGBV #TigrayCantWait@SAMissionNY @FinlandUNhttps://www.reuters.com/article/ethiopia-conflict-rape-un-idAFL1N2M82B6

6. “Many people believe that it is now genocidal, that what is a political intent to destroy is becoming now an intent to destroy, in whole or part, a people,” says Elbagir.End #SGBV. #TigrayCantWait #TigrayGenocide @ItalyUN_NY @CanadaUN @RepMalinowskihttps://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/5/ethiopia_tigray_region_conflict_sexual_violence

7. “We don’t know where to go, all places are like fire. It is better to die than live like this. … We have seen worse than death and it doesn’t matter if we die.”Tigrayans need urgent protection.#TigrayCantWait @SamanthaJPower @USAID @USAIDAfricahttps://www.care.org/news-and-stories/press-releases/tigray-ethiopia-we-have-seen-worse-than-death-and-it-doesnt-matter-if-we-die/

8. Women are the most affected group in this war. Rape is deliberately being used as a weapon of war. Pramilla Patten told the @UN Security Council it’s, “a level of cruelty beyond comprehension.” Enough words, we need action! @ASteiner #TigrayCantWait https://www.dw.com/en/rape-survivors-battle-trauma-in-tigray/av-56830621

9. Mounting reports of sexual slavery and violent rape. Grave atrocities such as #SGBV in wars has to be handled with effective measures. To this date #UNSC has taken NO action. #TigrayCantWait @USUN @GermanyUN @FinlandUN @ItalyUN_NY @ECCHRBerlin @ChrisCoonshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/18/world/tigray-women-rape-reports/

10. Condemning war crimes in Tigray in the vaguest terms possible, but not taking concrete actions is like a bottomless pit. “The youngest rape victim was 4 years old, the oldest was 89.” #TigrayCantWait @ChimamandaReal @ChrisCoons @tyrabanks @EU_Commission https://observers.france24.com/en/africa/20210419-video-shows-the-horror-of-rape-as-weapon-of-war-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region

11. “There is no doubt that sexual violence is being used in this conflict as a weapon of war,” @UNReliefChief tells the #UNSC. Nearly a quarter of reports received by one agency involve gang rape, with multiple men assaulting the victim.” #TigrayCantWait @IntlCrimCourt @USUN @ICRW

12. Mounting reports about rape being used as a weapon of war. Yet, for 170 days you’re postponing the problem instead of solving it. Women are continuously being raped because of your inactions. #TigrayCantWait @EU_Commission @mbachelet @StateDept https://observers.france24.com/en/africa/20210419-video-shows-the-horror-of-rape-as-weapon-of-war-in-ethiopia-s-tigray-region