Jean Chung

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Victims of Sexual Violence in the DR Congo

A seven-year-old girl sits on a hospital bed inside the women's ward which is a home for average 30 victims of sexual violence at Gesom Hospital in Goma, North Kivu province, Monday, Feb. 28, 2008. The counselors said that she was raped by one FARDC (Congolese Army) soldier in Zungungu village of Masisi area in Jan, 2008. They said the soldier lured her by saying he was going to give her candies, and took her to the forest. She came to the hospital on Jan. 19, and received daily treatment with antibiotics and disinfections. She was discharged about two weeks later.

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A seven-year-old girl sits on a hospital bed inside the women's ward which is a home for average 30 victims of sexual violence at Gesom Hospital in Goma, North Kivu province, Monday, Feb. 28, 2008. The counselors said that she was raped by one FARDC (Congolese Army) soldier in Zungungu village of Masisi area in Jan, 2008. They said the soldier lured her by saying he was going to give her candies, and took her to the forest. She came to the hospital on Jan. 19, and received daily treatment with antibiotics and disinfections. She was discharged about two weeks later.