Women in the D R Congo
Several international surveys have rated Congo as the World’s
worse place to be a woman. These statics are based on the high volume of
violence in the Democratic Republican of Congo.
According to the study published in the American Journal of Public
Health last year, 48 congolese women are raped every hour.
Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have not
attained a position of full equality with men, with their struggle continuing
to this day. Although the Mobutu regime paid lip service to the important role
of women in society, and although women enjoy some legal rights (e.g., the
right to own property and the right to participate in the economic and
political sectors), custom and legal constraints still limit their
opportunities. They still suffer with
trauma from the rapes and abuse of the Genocide militia. The link below is an
interview of a survivor of the Rwanda
Genocide.
