Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:52 pm on 9 March 2015.
Baroness Turner of Camden
Labour
2:52,
9 March 2015
My Lords, is the Minister aware—I am sure she is—that, unfortunately, in large parts of the world there is a lot of conflict and fighting, and that it is always the women who suffer the most in such circumstances? What is being done at UN level to see that women who are caught up in battles and fighting are properly looked after? I fear that they are suffering more than the general population. It is women who suffer in these conflicts.
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