The Center for American Progress’s Enough Project to end genocide and crimes against humanity has launched a campaign to protect and empower Congolese women and girls.
The campaign hopes to raise awareness about the DRC crisis, which has resulted in widespread sexual violence against women and girls, and the solutions necessary to end the conflict.
The Hague-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting has released a series of special reports about crimes of sexual violence in the DRC. These include No Sign of End to Epidemic, which says almost 40,000 victims of sexual violence were treated in medical centres belonging to the UN and its partners in 2007; and a report entitled Militias Seen as Main Perpetrators, which draws a link between the prevalence of armed groups in eastern DRC and the number of rape cases.
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The campaign hopes to raise awareness about the DRC crisis, which has resulted in widespread sexual violence against women and girls, and the solutions necessary to end the conflict.
The Hague-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting has released a series of special reports about crimes of sexual violence in the DRC. These include No Sign of End to Epidemic, which says almost 40,000 victims of sexual violence were treated in medical centres belonging to the UN and its partners in 2007; and a report entitled Militias Seen as Main Perpetrators, which draws a link between the prevalence of armed groups in eastern DRC and the number of rape cases.
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