UNIFEM – the UN Development Fund for Women – says, “Persistent internal conflicts in the East and Horn sub-region continue to result in gross violations of women’s human rights.” It says these violations include “rape, abductions and other forms of gender violence.” Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda is the regional program director for UNIFEM in Nairobi. "Well, in this part of Africa we cannot talk of one problem because there is an interface of mainly four broad problems. We have issues of high levels of poverty and which are manifested in the context of food insecurity. At the same time, this is a region which is infested with conflict."