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Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3

"He says many patients he's treated have been not only traumatized but deeply stigmatized because of the sexual assault. 'When a mother is raped, her husband will throw her out of his house,' he says through an interpreter" (para 15).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"'[A] number of survivors — especially boys — are reluctant to report,' he explains" (para 11). "Grassroots efforts at change are underway, says UNICEF's Toure. For example, she says, women are organizing so that when they have to go to the bathroom or leave camp they do so in groups, sometimes even with a few men accompanying them. 'It has worked [to deter rapes] to some extent,' she says. 'And if something happens, there's always someone who can help the other. And we've seen it help with resilience. We have seen that being in that collective actually gives them strength.' Toure says there are other efforts — UNICEF is providing...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken. Everyone is looking at her with accusing looks, looks that judge her.' Bukébo is an 18-year-old law student in Goma, a city in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of war in the area have left roughly 7 million people displaced; at least 500,000 of them have gone to the outskirts of Goma, where there are many sprawling...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"'Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped,' Bukébo says, speaking through an interpreter. 'The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her — even the wood she has with her — is taken'" (para 3). "According to a report published Tuesday by Physicians for Human Rights, there's been a 'massive influx' of sexual violence in eastern DRC in recent years. When group representatives interviewed local clinicians about patients, they heard harrowing stories: Children as young as 3 years old raped; victims sometimes held days or weeks in captivity; others penetrated with sharp objects. 'The level of...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"Toure says the risks are both outside the camp and inside it: 'If you go to fetch water in the camp, it's a risk. If you go to the restroom, it's a risk. A lot of the daily tasks become risk calculations'" (para 14).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births" (para 5).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IM-DATA-1

"Congo has one of the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths in the world. Latest figures record the maternal morality ratio at 547 deaths for every 100,000 live births, and its neonatal rate – the number of babies dying before 28 days of life – at 27 per 1,000 live births" (para 5).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Women in 13 out of 26 regions in the country will, by the end of the year, be entitled to free services during pregnancy and for one month after childbirth. Babies will receive free healthcare for their first 28 days under the scheme, which the government plans to extend to the rest of DRC – although there is no timetable for that yet. However, health workers have raised concerns that hospitals and medical centres are ill-equipped to cope with any increased demand on services. Some told the Guardian there were not enough staff, facilities or equipment to successfully introduce the $113m (£93m) programme, which is supported by the World Bank"...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1

"'More than 38,000 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) were reported by UNICEF for all of 2022 in North Kivu alone. . .' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. he representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2). "'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"'. . .Humanitarian actors report they have provided assistance to over 600 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in six IDP camps over the course of two weeks in a volatile security environment. In most cases, survivors reported being attacked by armed men and displaced men in and around the camps,' she [Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative] pointed out" (par. 4).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"'Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,' said the top UN official who advocates for women and girls impacted by sexual violence. The representative spoke of how she was 'deeply troubled' by some attacks which have been taking place in broad daylight, affecting the daily lives and livelihoods of women and girls in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province" (par. 1-2).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

"Ms. Patten also called attention to how women and girls are disproportionally affected by sexual violence in thousands of cases reported by humanitarian partners, with some unable to 'access life-saving services, including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis kits, during the crucial 72-hour window after an attack.' She said the best way to protect women and girls in such conditions was to provide medical assistance, but also offer routes for escaping violence and other insecurities in the first place. 'Immediate medical and psychosocial assistance must be accompanied by protection measures, to ensure that those who have been forced from their homes due to violence and insecurity, including women and girls fleeing conflict in Masisi...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, D R Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Israel, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-3, GP-DATA-4

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba is the former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children in the DRC.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. They test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy. They also test for internal damage, as many of these women are gang raped in as many as 10 on 1.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DSFMF-PRACTICE-4

It is very hard for those who have grown up in the U.S. to understand, but it is extremely hard for any man to take a woman in marriage after she has been raped.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, has announced a zero-tolerance policy against gender-based violence and sexual violence in her country. The DRC is already seeing the fruits from those efforts. People are already starting to be scared of committing or watching domestic violence and violence against children.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. There are four steps to helping these women: psychological help, judicial help (they go after their aggressors), medical help, and reintegration back into society. The first step is psychological help. Because the women who have been raped or experienced sexual violence are very traumatized, they don’t respond when they see a man. They scream and run and try to hide. Thus, in Kinshasa and in the provinces, the center has a psychologist there to help them. The next step is judicial help....more
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba says that she is trying to promote autonomy and self-reliance for women. They can’t just be beggars waiting to receive something from a man. They must have the ability to have a job, contribute to housework, and contribute to their country. They need to have training to do that.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

Women are used as a weapon in the Congo. People rape women in front of their children. Sharp weapons are used against female genitals. Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, described an image she has in her head of a mother who is dead, but her baby continues to breastfeed. Dr. Luseba has made many trips to the Eastern Congo to talk with women who have experienced these traumas. Children are abandoned in the street because their parents are dead. Dr. Luseba continues to encourage the government to protect these women and help them in any way they can.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GP-DATA-1

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, says that she is starting a movement to allow women to be in places where they make big decisions for the country. Before the movement began, of 56 leadership positions in the government, only 7 were held by women. After the movement, 17 positions are held by women. As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power are held by women.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

Without marriage, it is usually the man’s family who gets the inheritance, leaving his widow with nothing.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: INFIB-PRACTICE-1

In the conflict in the DRC, sharp weapons are used against female genitals.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ISTD-DATA-2

At the center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence established by former Minister of Gender, Children, and Family, Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, medical personnel test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2

Regulations say that 30% of positions in the government with decision-making power should be held by women.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1

As of a report in April, 27% of positions with decision-making power were held by women. Regulations say that 30% of positions should be held by women. In 2023, a law was passed that one out of every three people on a ballot must be a woman. Unfortunately, women don’t have the means to put themselves ahead of their political rivals, so they are often not elected.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-4

In the DRC, there is a phenomenon of people cohabitating without legal marriage. Without legal marriage, it is usually the man’s family who gets the inheritance, leaving his widow with nothing. Currently, corrupt officials often ask for more than is required for marriage, whether that is drink, food, or something else. The hoops that couples must jump through to get married incentivizes cohabitation.
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-6

It is very hard for those who have grown up in the U.S. to understand, but it is extremely hard for any man to take a woman in marriage after she has been raped. (This indicates a cultural barrier to marriage -- AMC CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. Because the women who have been raped or experienced sexual violence are very traumatized, they don’t respond when they see a man. They scream and run and try to hide.