Shifting the Burden of Shame: Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence in the DRC (via ICMHD)

Shifting the Burden of Shame: Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence in the DRC "If they hadn't arrested me I wouldn't have known it was a crime” ~Chance, a soldier in the DRC currently serving a 25 year sentence for rape “I was hospitalized at the health centre. I was receiving an IV infusion one night when the soldiers came to pillage. They pulled out the IV catheters and then they started to rape the patients, including myself. By July, I had not had my period for seven months. I gave birth to twins. As a result of this i … Read More

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