Everyone wants to end the sexual violence in eastern Congo. But very few have a shown real commitment to end it.
UN's Secretary General Ban reiterated the UN's commitment. Somehow, we must end the sexual violence. But how?
In the meantime, we must continue to support and provide psychological and medical healing to the sexual violence victims.
Rape with impunity a part of every day life in the Congo
On his visit to Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated the UN’s commitment to ending sexual violence throughout the country. At Heal Africa, a holistic center set up to provide psychological and medical healing to rape victims –some as young as two years of age, he spoke about the every day ills women in the country suffer.
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