Sexual Violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

News Articles

‘UN Team Confirms Mass Rapes Occurred in Remote Villages in East.’  UN News Service.  1 July, 2011.  To read the article click here

‘Analysis: New laws have little impact on sexual violence in DRC.’  IRIN Africa.  7 June, 2011.

Reports

Sexual Violence Toward Children and Youth in War-Torn Eastern Democratic of Congo.  Luc Malemo Kalisya, Paluku Lussy Justin, Christophe Kimono, Kavira Nyavandu, Kamabu Mukekulu Eugenie, Kasereka Muhindo Lusi Jonathan, Kasereke Masumbuko Claude, Michael Hawkes.  Plos One 6:1.  January, 2011.

The Complexity of Violence: A critical analysis of sexual violence in the DRC.  The Nordic Africa Institute.  Stern and Baaz. 2010.

Journal Articles

Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Amber Peterman, Tia Palermo, Caryn Bredenkamp.  American Journal of Public Health, 101:6.  June 2011.

2010 Report on Patterns of Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC: Reports from Survivors Presenting to Panzi Hospital in 2006.  Susan A. Bartels, Jennifer A. Scott, Denis Mukwege, Robert I. Lipton, Michael J. VanRooyen, Jennifer Leaning.  Conflict and Health, 4:9. 2010

Sexual Violence in the Protracted Violence of DRC Programming for Rape Survivors in South Kivu.  Birthe Steiner, Marie T. Benner, Egbert Sondorp, K. Peter Schmitz, Ursula Mesmer, Sandrine Rosenberg.  Conflict and Health, 3:3.  2009.

Other Resources

Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims.  Jeffrey Gettleman.  New York Times.  August 4, 2009.

Re-Contextualizing the Visual ‘Victim’: A Photographic and Athropological Look at Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .  A lecture by Aubrey Graham.  The Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Resolution colloquium series.  March 2011.  To watch the lecture click here