Congo-Kinshasa: For Women in Eastern DRC Nowhere Is Safe From Sexual Violence

Surviving sexual violence in eastern DRC

Surviving sexual violence in eastern DRC For Congolese women in Goma, nowhere is safe. Kate Rankin July 30 2025, 8:08am Patient names have been changed to protect anonymity.Every week, hundreds of survivors of sexual violence seek care at health centers supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  In 2024 alone, nearly 40,000 wome…

Congo-Kinshasa: For Women in Eastern DRC Nowhere Is Safe From Sexual Violence

Every week, hundreds of victims and survivors of sexual violence seek care at health centres supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2024 alone, nearly 40,000 women were treated by MSF teams in North Kivu province -- a record high. In January 2025, M23/Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) forces - backed by Rwanda - took control of Goma, the provincial capital and home to over a million people, …

For women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nowhere is safe from sexual violence

For women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), nowhere is safe from sexual violence