Experts reiterated that violence against women and girls is a pervasive and systematic human rights violation, caused by and reinforcing gender inequality and entrenched discrimination.
Since uplift to the present altitude, the revived streams of the current cycle of erosion have not entrenched themselves deep enough to develop strong relief.
International relations experts said entrenched rivalries over sovereignty, security, intelligence, and national interests made meaningful multilateral co-operation very difficult.
