Democratic Republic of the Congo
Speak Out Against Endemic Violence Against Women Throughout Africa
reader diary by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition
September 23, 2010 - 11:07am (Print)
Last year the African Union declared this decade, 2010-2020 as the African Women’s Decade. Between July 30th and August 4th nearly 500 women were raped in and around the village of Luvungi in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a campaign of ongoing terror waged by armed groups who use rape as a weapon of war.
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Pushing for “Zero Tolerance” on Sexual Violence in DRC
by Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia
February 9, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
There is no shortage of reports or data documenting the abhorrent extent of sexual violence in the DRC. Women are targets working in the fields. Women are targets walking home. Women are targets virtually everywhere.
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