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First International Conviction for Mass Rape Raises Hopes in DRC

By Tricia Taormina & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● March 31, 2016

“This verdict is just,” says a women’s rights activist in the Democratic Republic of Congo about a verdict related to the neighboring Central African Republic. “We are expecting the rebel leaders who have bloodied the DRC to one day face trial.”

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Maternal Health RXs Pour Out During U.N. Meeting

By Reshmi Kaur Oberoi ● Uncategorized ● October 2, 2013

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a high-level meeting on Millennium Development Goal 5 to improve maternal health on Sept. 23, 2013.

U.N. Squad Starts Work in Mass Rape Zones

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● March 9, 2011

A U.N. rapid-response team for mass outbreaks of sexual violence is pulling together. Here, its leader describes his first assignment to the DRC and warns that the four-person unit, which works by government invitation, can only do so much.

Congo Rapes Put U.N.’s Wallstrom in Hot Seat

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● August 26, 2010

Margot Wallstrom, U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, was slow to learn of mass rapes in the DRC in July, which were carried out despite U.N. peacekeeping patrols. Now her first task as leader of the U.N.’s response is finding out exactly what happened.

African Women Win Promise of U.S. Protection

By Womens Enews Staff ● Politics ● May 27, 2010

Obama earlier this week signed the most widely co-sponsored Africa-specific law in U.S. history. Supporters hope it will defend women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan from further atrocities.