(CNN) -- We first thought about starting this piece with the story of Saleha Begum, a survivor of Bangladesh's 1971 war in which, some reports say, as many as 400,000 women were raped. Begum had been tied to a banana tree and repeatedly gang raped and burned with cigarettes for months until she was shot and left for dead in a pile of women. She didn't die, though, and was able to return home, ravaged and five months pregnant. When she got home she was branded a "slut." 

We also thought of starting with the story of Ester Abeja, a woman in Uganda who was forcibly held as a "bush wife" by the Lord's Resistance Army. Repeated rape with objects destroyed her insides. Her captors also made her kill her 1-year-old daughter by smashing the baby's head into a tree. 

We ran through a dozen other stories of women like Begum and Abeja, and finally realized that it would be too difficult to find the right one -- the tale that would express exactly how and in what ways sexualized violence is being used as a weapon of war to devastate women and tear apart communities around the world, conflict by conflict, from Libya to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

It is because of this complexity that we must understand how sexualized violence is being used. We must understand in order to stop it -- just as, when seeking to defuse a bomb, it is crucial to know its components. Both the World Health Organization and the U.N. Security Council have recognized that there is a lack of research on the nature and extent of sexualized violence in conflict, even as there is increasing demand from U.N. bodies, donors, and others for better analysis to work toward prevention and healing.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was Salena Begum's place of residence?
2. What was Salena Begum's country of origin?
3. In what country did Salena Begum reside?
Q2:
1. Was there a war in Bangladesh?
2. Did Bangladesh have a war going on?
3. Did war break out in Bangladesh?
Q3:
1. When was there a war in Bangladesh?
2. When did war break out in Bangladesh?
3. In what year did Bangladesh break out in war?
Q4:
1. Did Salena Begum undergo sexually assault?
2. Was Salena Begum a victim of rape?
3. Was Salena Begum a sexual assault victim?
Q5:
1. How long was Salena Begum a victim of sexual violence?
2. How long did Salena Begum being assaulted and held captive?
3. For how long was Salena Begum held captive and tortured?
Q6:
1. Was Salena Begum freed by her assaulters?
2. Did the men who assaulted Salena Begum let her go?
3. Did the men who tortured Salena Begum allow her to go free?
Q7:
1. Did Salena Begum manage to make it back home?
2. Did Salena Begum make it back home?
3. Was Salena Begum able to return home?
Q8:
1. What was Ester Abeja's country of origin?
2. What country did Ester Abeja come from?
3. What country did Ester Abeja live in?
Q9:
1. Was Ester Abeja assaulted in the same way as Salena Begum?
2. Did Ester Abeja suffer from the same type of assault as Salena Begum?
3. Was Ester Abeja tortured in a similar manner as Salena Begum?
Q10:
1. Did Ester Abeja have any children?
2. Was Ester Abeja a mother?
3. Did Ester Abeja give birth?
