Document #1217432

Guardian (Author)

Forty-eight women raped every hour in Congo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/48-women-raped-hour-congo

ecoi.net description:
According to a study, about 48 women are raped every hour; there have been many reports of the gang rape of young girls and elderly women by armed militia, and also accounts of men being raped; because of the stigma of rape, many married women find themselves abandoned by their husbands
Country:
Congo, Democratic Republic
Source:
Guardian (Author)
Published:
12 May 2011
Original link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/48-women-raped-hour-congo
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1217432 (former ID 160256)

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