What is Happening to Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a place where sexual violence is being raged on women’s bodies as a weapon of war and destroying families and whole communities.
- Since 1996, more than 200,000 people have been victims of rape in the country.
- Sixty-five percent of them are estimated to be children.
- Thousands of women have suffered a traumatic fistula- a tear in the vaginal wall that causes incontinence and makes childbirth nearly impossible.
- Life Expectancy female – 55yrs
- Life Expectancy male-52 yrs
Resources for more information:
Websites:
˜ VDAY
Articles:
Nickolas Kristof The Grotesque Vocabulary in Congo
Books: King Leopold’s Ghost
Film: Women in War Zones
Podcasts:
