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- Protecting Child Victims in Sexual Violence Trials in the DR Congo: Suggestions for the Way Forward 24 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
... frequently inadequate. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereafter Congo), a country plagued by continued armed ... of victims: children who are victims of sexual violence crimes. In Congo, this is an unusually ... facts are well-documented through witnesses and a medical certificate. The army captain was imprisoned for ...
- Journalist Recalls Phone Threat Ordeal 20 Nov 2009 17:34 GMT
... Congolese reporter speaks of harrowing messages threatening to kill ... have been concerned with the issue of sexual violence against women. I am also chair ... the DRC, announced a news conference in Kinshasa to denounce the practice of targeting critical ...
- Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session 27 Nov 2009 15:55 GMT
... reflected an attempt to introduce notions of sexual orientation and gender identity that had no foundation ... Cape Verde, United Kingdom, the Republic of Congo and Niger spoke on procedural matters. Background The ... develop age-appropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist ...
- Every 26 seconds a woman gets raped, it was my turn last Thursday night 25 Nov 2009 10:50 GMT
... drug and the treatment I received from medical staff at private hospitals and the district-surgeon's ... antibiotics in case the rapist had a sexually transmittable disease aside from HIV/Aids. The district surgeon ... from HIV/Aids. The district surgeon a quiet Congolese who admitted she has to go for ...
- Dr. Lauri Romanzi, Reconstructive Pelvic Surgeon, Urogynecologist and Authority on Vaginal Rejuvenat 21 Nov 2009 19:22 GMT
... , returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo on a trip sponsored by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative ... the area’s key center for victims of sexual abuse who are in need of surgical and medical treatment including fistula repair. Of every 350 ...
- The Beijing Platform for Action: What has it delivered to African women? 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... failure to protect the girl child against sexual abuse while in its care at school. In ... like Somalia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea and Eritrea have not sufficiently prioritised ... that the lifetime risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa is 1 in ...
- Rest cure prescribed for the globetrotting doctor 23 Nov 2009 16:32 GMT
... six-month stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC), a region affected by warring parties for ... Medecin sans Frontiere ( MSF). The independent medical humanitarian organisation delivers emergency aid worldwide. Dr ... intense conflict with a high incidence of sexual violence. He worked at the Rhutsuru hospital as ...
- Women's rights: Looking back or moving forward? 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... discriminatory laws and discrimination and attacks against sexual minorities, which individually and combined affect the advancement ... millions of women and adolescent girls traumatised, pregnant, or infected with HIV.[10] However, in the ... Angola, Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, the Niger, Rwanda, Sierra ...
- `Indian women peacekeepers an inspiration for Liberians` 21 Nov 2009 11:30 GMT
... from rampant rape and other forms of sexual violence. The peacekeeping unit, comprising of Indian women, ... Liberian brothers and sisters," she said. "Your medical outreach and awareness campaigns to promote proper ... the lives of many community members in Congo Town; you have adopted the pupils of Hebron ...
- No is not an acceptable answer 27 Nov 2009 10:15 GMT
... with femicide are convicted, according to the Medical Research Council in 2004. Noziziwe Madlala-Routledge, former ... General Assembly resolution to condemn rape and sexual abuse used by governments and armed groups to achieve ... to be true. Three African countries, Burundi, Congo and Liberia, signed on as co-sponsors.” Why would ...
- U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State 20 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
... CAPE TOWN, Nov 11 (IPS) - The Anti-Homosexuality Bill under consideration in Uganda was sparked by ... the gay or lesbian population, such as medical doctors working in HIV/AIDS and civil society ... represented were Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South ...
- Children's rights treaty readily signed, readily ignored 20 Nov 2009 10:33 GMT
... former Liberian president Charles Taylor and a Congolese warlord are currently being tried for war ... maimed, orphaned, abducted, deprived of education and medical care, and left traumatized. While boys are ... are forced to fight, girls are routinely sexually abused. Child prostitution and trafficking, of both sexes, ...
- Millions sought in damages in Italy murder case 27 Nov 2009 20:12 GMT
... and Sollecito on charges of murder and sexual violence for their alleged role in the 2007 ... Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici) PERUGIA, Italy -- A lawyer representing the ... also for Diya "Patrick" Lumumba - a Congolese man who owns a Perugia pub where ...
- Sub-Saharan Africa News in brief: 4'18 November 2009 19 Nov 2009 18:35 GMT
... could prove effective in malaria control Releasing sexually sterile male mosquitoes into the wild to control ... of epilepsy, say researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute and the UK-based Wellcome Trust. ... in Burundi , the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda has shown that introducing integrated ...
- Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids 20 Nov 2009 23:28 GMT
... nations to protect children from abuse and sexual exploitation, reduce child mortality and give children access ... children infected with HIV are getting lifesaving medicines that were out of reach only a ... she has spoken to girls in eastern Congo who have been raped, to boys who were ...
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