"Each time a woman returns from the forest without wood, we immediately know she's been raped, Bukebo says, speaking through an interpreter. The men who rape her rob her, meaning that everything she has with her even the wood she has with her is taken."
"Many of the camps lack sufficient food. Women residents often venture into nearby fields to grow food as best they can and into forests to forage for plants to feed their families and wood to sell or use for cooking. Danger awaits them, says Bukebo..."
"There's been a massive influx of sexual violence in eastern DRC in recent years... The level of sexual violence is shocking. It's staggering, says Saman Zia-Zarifi, director of Physicians for Human Rights."
"The report cites nearly 90,000 documented rapes in 2023 in DRC, up from 40,000 in 2021. Zia-Zarifi believes this indicates a growing necessity for urgent intervention and support for affected women."
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