Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sexual violence ...



An enormous problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo is sexual violence. Mostly against women, of course, but a bit against men as well. And probably needless to say, there's no age limit, upwards or downwards, for victims. [The lady in consultation in the background of this photo is probably close to 70.] More on this in a later post (no time now) but yesterday met Chantal (pictured), who runs the sexual violence clinic in the MSF hospital in Nyanzale. More later on this ...

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