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<p>The Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI), launched by the Secretary of
State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond
(Yorks) (Mr Hague), and the Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
in May 2012, is focused on ending impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed
in conflict and the provision of greater support to the survivors of these crimes.
Where caste based sexual violence and so-called punishment rape are used in conflict
they fall within the overarching objectives of the Initiative.</p><p>PSVI is complemented
by wider government activity on tackling violence against women and girls, underpinned
by the cross-government action plan, ‘A Call to End Violence against Women and Girls',
which sets out the Government's programme of domestic and international work in this
area. This includes working though our network of embassies overseas and with non-governmental
organisations to address the full range of violations of women's rights, including
sexual and other forms of violence committed against them.</p>
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