“I just want to give the women a chance to speak, as they are often the ones who suffer the most,” I started cautiously. “Does any woman want to talk about her problems?”
I had barely finished when a woman at the back cried out: “Baba! All of us, all of us here have been raped! Every single one of us!”…
According to the United Nations reports, over 200,000 women have been raped in the eastern Congo since 1998. Demographic surveys suggest that up to 39 percent of women have experienced sexual violence, at the hands of civilians or military personnel, at some point in their lives.”
I had barely finished when a woman at the back cried out: “Baba! All of us, all of us here have been raped! Every single one of us!”…
According to the United Nations reports, over 200,000 women have been raped in the eastern Congo since 1998. Demographic surveys suggest that up to 39 percent of women have experienced sexual violence, at the hands of civilians or military personnel, at some point in their lives.”
— Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa(Jason K. Stearns)
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