Congo-Kinshasa: Women & Girls Up Front - the Humanitarian Response in Democratic Republic of Congo

4 February 2020

Geneva / Johannesburg / Kinshasa — Eleven-year-old "Anne" went to a health facility with her mother in the conflict-affected province of Ituri, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. At first, she could barely tell her story.

Traumatized and frightened, she feared reprisal from her attackers. Painstakingly, she recounted the brutal rape she had suffered and the pain that she felt in her body. It took her a while to gain confidence in the service provider and to allow support for her recovery.

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