• DOI:10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31350-0
Corpus ID: 206112274

Fistula and Traumatic Genital Injury from Sexual Violence in a Conflict Setting in Eastern Congo: Case Studies

@article{Longombe2008FistulaAT,
  title={Fistula and Traumatic Genital Injury from Sexual Violence in a Conflict Setting in Eastern Congo: Case Studies},
  author={A. Longombe and K. M. Claude and J. Ruminjo},
  journal={Reproductive Health Matters},
  year={2008},
  volume={16},
  pages={132 - 141}
}

• A. Longombe, K. M. Claude, J. Ruminjo
• Published 2008
• Medicine
• Reproductive Health Matters

The Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing a brutal war. Armed groups from the DRC and neighbouring countries are committing atrocities and systematically using sexual violence as a weapon of war to humiliate, intimidate and dominate women, girls, their men and communities. Armed combatants take advantage with impunity, knowing they will not be held to account or pursued by police or judicial authorities. A particularly inhumane public health problem… Expand

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