For immidiate release Tunis 26 April 2019   Mary (South Sudan) - We, the participants of the Tunis Forum for Gender Equality taking place in Tunis from April 24th to 26th 2019, have gathered to review the progress of the UN Security Council resolution1325 and the Beijing Platform for Action. A day before this Forum started, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2467 in which it excludes references to sexual and reproductive health services for women having suffered sexual violence in the context of conflicts . We are jolted once again, and reminded that we have to stand firm in our fight for women's equal rights. We as feminists activists at the Forum, are appalled by the US position to refuse survivors of sexual violence the full support they need. Deema (Lebanon) - In 2019 it is unacceptable that a Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence in Conflict is adopted, while omitting essential sexual and reproductive health services. This undermines the core human rights of women and girl’s rights to dignity, self-respect and bodily integrity. Yet again, male war and violence is being perpetuated on the bodies of women and girls. Sexual violence against women and girls in the context of conflict is systemic [...]