UN’s Amina Mohammed: Why women pay the highest price in war

Women and girls are facing almost total impunity in contemporary conflicts. As wars get worse, protection is deteriorating, from widespread rapes in Sudan to attacks on schools and shelters in Gaza and Syria, and to women being segregated in Afghanistan. Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the UN, warns against violence against women as a front-line threat to peace and development in a statement to Al Jazeera. She raises important questions about how the world fails to protect those most in danger as the political will and funding declines.