Horrifying is the word which comes to mind when reading this report on the rampant sexual abuse of women in the Congo. So, where is the UN or world-wide outrage? Oh, perhaps it all slips below the radar because it's all happening in Africa. Now, that might be being more than a tad cynical!
"A study by American scientists estimates that nearly 2 million women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with women victimised at a rate of nearly one every minute.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is one of the first comprehensive looks at the prevalence of rape in Congo. It says that the problem is much bigger and more pervasive than previously thought. Women have reported alarming levels of sexual abuse in the capital and in provinces far from Congo's war-torn east, a sign that the problem extends beyond the nation's primary conflict zone."
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"The study's authors used current population estimates, which put Congo's population at around 70 million, to extrapolate that as many as 1.8 million women have been raped, with up to 433,785 raped in the one-year period - almost a rape a minute."
"A study by American scientists estimates that nearly 2 million women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with women victimised at a rate of nearly one every minute.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is one of the first comprehensive looks at the prevalence of rape in Congo. It says that the problem is much bigger and more pervasive than previously thought. Women have reported alarming levels of sexual abuse in the capital and in provinces far from Congo's war-torn east, a sign that the problem extends beyond the nation's primary conflict zone."
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"The study's authors used current population estimates, which put Congo's population at around 70 million, to extrapolate that as many as 1.8 million women have been raped, with up to 433,785 raped in the one-year period - almost a rape a minute."
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