“A culture of silence”: Sexual violence against boys and men in conflict
In conflicts like Syria, sexual violence is used against men and boys to punish and terrorize communities. As awareness for the issue is increasing, the protection of and care for male victims should...
More than 800 rape survivors protest against increasing violence, following latest mass ra...
More than 800 Congolese survivors of wartime sexual violence gathered in Bukavu on Thursday to protest against a recent increase in violence, following two recent mass rapes in the east of the...
Statement by the Global Survivor Movement on the occasion of the UN Security Council’s Ope...
When survivors stand up, they help end and prevent the use of sexual violence as a method of warfare. Their voices render rape as a weapon of war ineffective. Sexual violence in conflict is not only...
Experts agree on need for new approach to reparations for sexual violence victims
On Women’s Day, we co-organised a panel discussion in The Hague, inviting three speakers to reflect on the need of an international reparations mechanism for victims of conflict-related sexual...
Mobile court in Eastern Congo awards reparations to sexual violence victims
In an area shattered by conflict, justice is reaching victims of sexual violence in the villages of Eastern Congo. A mobile court in the South Kivu province, DRC has awarded reparations between 1,000...
Nearly one million euros for development of sexual violence survivor movement
The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation and Human Rights Watch have received nearly a million euros from the Dutch Postcode Lottery to facilitate the creation of a global movement of survivors of sexual...
At a strategy meeting, sexual violence survivors define goals of the global movement
Survivors of sexual violence are moving forward with the creation of a platform to speak out. At a strategy meeting in The Hague in early February, women who have experienced sexual violence in...
Mukwege Foundation and Panzi Foundations DRC/USA mourn Inge Kool
On Friday night, January 19, 2018, we lost our dear colleague and friend Inge Kool, deputy director of the Panzi Foundation program in the DRC, who died in a tragic accident in Europe. As a member of...
Thank you for supporting the fight against sexual violence in DRC!
Rape continues to be used as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo with devastating consequences for women and girls, men and boys. At Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, they find shelter,...
