Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, said on Friday that she was extremely concerned by reports of Ethiopian women being raped, which she described as “your worst nightmare.”
Mohammed told reporters in New York a day after returning from Ethiopia that hearing about the women’s experiences, which included gang rape and rape in front of children, had brought her to tears.
She demanded justice for atrocities against women and described scenes of hunger in the country’s crises.
“You can only picture what has happened to the ladies in Ethiopia in your wildest dreams,” she said of the “very traumatic” visit. “For many, many Ethiopian mothers and children, healing will be a lifelong process.”
