([London] Times) Isis trades women like barrels of oil, says United Nations envoy Zainab Bangura

Zainab Bangura, the UN’s special envoy on sexual violence, said yesterday that a document discovered eight months ago that appeared to show Isis trading pre-pubescent girls as sex slaves had been authenticated.
“The girls get peddled like barrels of petrol,” she said. “One girl can be sold and bought by five or six different men. Sometimes these fighters sell the girls back to their families for thousands of dollars.”

In an interview with Bloomberg, she said that the document claimed that children aged nine or under could be sold to Isis fighters as slaves for $165. Older women, from the Christian or Yazidi communities, were worth less, with those over 40 selling for as little as $41.

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One comment on “([London] Times) Isis trades women like barrels of oil, says United Nations envoy Zainab Bangura

  1. sophy0075 says:

    [b][i]This[/b][/i] is the War on Women. Curious how the female politician always ranting about the WoW is silent about this.