Conflict-related sexual violence against women and girls has surged in the DRC, with over 67,000 cases reported in the first four months of 2025 alone. But major funding cuts mean health centers have run out of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) kits —vital in treatment following rape. Amadou Bocoum, CARE’s Country Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, comments on the funding cuts and what these mean for women and girls who are survivors of sexual violence.
DW News: Hope for sexual violence victims fades in DRC and Cameroon
June 27, 2025
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