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D.R. of Congo: Letter from the capital of rape

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, D.R. of Congo, Human Rights, Women & Gender

I am writing these words from the world capital of rape [1]. I’m not the one who named it that way, but Margot Wallström, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations, with regard to violence against women. So you understand, I am in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country where women face the cruelest and most brutal violence in the world.