DR Congo Conflict: 'Sexual vi*lence cannot prevail as a weapon of w*r' - UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, "in conflict areas like eastern DR Congo, violence against women is still widespread".
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| 50-year old woman, who is president of the displaced widows of the Lushagala site for internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: UNHCR |
The United Nations (UN) Agency with the mandate to aid and protect refugees campaigns that, "sexual violence cannot prevail as a weapon of war".
The UNHCR said: "Sexual violence cannot prevail as a weapon of war, yet in conflict areas like eastern DR Congo, violence against women is still widespread.
On the Intl Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, join us in calling for an end to this abhorrent crime. #EndRapeInWar"
The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), according to reporting.unhcr.org:
2023 was another difficult year for the country, with an escalation of conflict in the eastern provinces giving rise to widespread human rights violations and gender-based violence.
Countries affected:
Angola | Burundi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Uganda | United Republic of Tanzania | Zambia
2023 situation overview
The humanitarian emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most complex crises in the world. The challenges of the past three decades, which have included deadly confrontations between armed groups, rampant violence, frequent flooding, high-impact epidemics, acute food insecurity, and inadequate or absent basic infrastructure, have caused unprecedented levels of needs and forced millions to flee their homes. The situation only worsened in 2023 as conflict escalated in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, with widespread human rights violations and an exponential rise in incidents of gender-based violence being particularly concerning. Traditionally safe areas of the country also saw an increase in instability.
As a result of this crisis, some 700,000 people were newly displaced within the DRC in 2023, taking the number of IDPs in the country to 6.2 million.
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