Male Rape Victims Meet in Uganda

Author:
Malcolm Webb/AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
8 April 2013
Tags:
Uganda, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Sexual violence is one of the most widely used weapons of war, often against women. Yet men are also victims. Their numbers remain unknown mostly because traumatised male survivors are too ashamed to come forward. But for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa, victims are meeting in Uganda, to openly talk about their experiences.

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