AKIPRESS.COM - A poster competition will be launched on April 17 by the British Embassy in Bishkek as a part of the “End Sexual Violence in Conflict” initiative.

The UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) was launched by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague with the Special Envoy of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, in May 2012. The Initiative aims to end the culture of impunity for sexual violence in conflict and to increase the number of perpetrators brought to justice both internationally and nationally.

Citizens of Kyrgyzstan aged 15 years or over are invited to design a poster conveying one of the key messages of the campaign. The designers of the best posters will be awarded with valuable prizes and their works will be displayed during the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which will take place in London in June 2014. Upon completion of the contest there will be a nomadic exhibition at several universities of Kyrgyzstan.