Sexual, gender-based violence on the rise in conflict-hit Northwest and Southwest regions.
![Between January and March of this year, there have been nearly 500 cases of rape and sexual or physical assault documented in the two regions [File: Marco Longari/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_19T0FL.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Experts warn of backsliding to ‘fragile state’ status as civilians targeted in conflict between separatists and gov’t.
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Sexual, gender-based violence on the rise in conflict-hit Northwest and Southwest regions.
Experts warn of backsliding to ‘fragile state’ status as civilians targeted in conflict between separatists and gov’t.