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50 Years 50 faces: photo exhibition
Cafod’s bittersweet tribute to survivors in DR Congo as it marks 50 years of independence
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Feza M'Nyampunda, 48, from the CAFOD
Listening Roomin Bukavu Diocese, Sud-Kivu
"Two men raped me in front of my husband"
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Furaha M'Musema, 17 from Bukavu
Diocese Listening Room
"I was taken to the forest and held
by rebels for three months.
I was raped every day."
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Rachel Widuhaye, 23, at the Goma
Diocese Listening Room
"I was raped by eight soldiers and carried
on their backs to the camp. I was held
for three months as the "wife"
of the commandant."
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence from Belgium,
the Catholic charity Cafod is launching a year-long photo exhibition charting one of the country’s
most severe crises – widespread sexual violence.
Last year 9,000 women and girls were raped in the eastern region of the Kivus. Although
the anniversary is a milestone, DRC is still a country devastated by past and present conflict.
And women are one of the most vulnerable groups, targeted by militia because the trauma
and stigma rape creates can destabilise communities and, over time, the whole population.
Putting a face to the issue
CAFOD is launching ‘50 years 50 faces: sexual violence in DRC’ on 21 July.
This exhibition of images and words from interviews with 50 Congolese women
who have suffered sexual violence puts a human face to the ongoing tragedy.
Many were held captive by rebel militia for weeks or even years, violently abused
on a daily basis. Almost all returned to stigmatisation
and rejection by their families and community.
The exhibition will start its nationwide run in the Morley Gallery http://www.cafod.org.uk/news/drc.
50 Years 50 faces: photo exhibition
Cafod’s bittersweet tribute to survivors in DR Congo as it marks 50 years of independence
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Feza M'Nyampunda, 48, from the CAFOD
Listening Roomin Bukavu Diocese, Sud-Kivu
"Two men raped me in front of my husband"
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Furaha M'Musema, 17 from Bukavu
Diocese Listening Room
"I was taken to the forest and held
by rebels for three months.
I was raped every day."
|
Rachel Widuhaye, 23, at the Goma
Diocese Listening Room
"I was raped by eight soldiers and carried
on their backs to the camp. I was held
for three months as the "wife"
of the commandant."
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence from Belgium,
the Catholic charity Cafod is launching a year-long photo exhibition charting one of the country’s
most severe crises – widespread sexual violence.
Last year 9,000 women and girls were raped in the eastern region of the Kivus. Although
the anniversary is a milestone, DRC is still a country devastated by past and present conflict.
And women are one of the most vulnerable groups, targeted by militia because the trauma
and stigma rape creates can destabilise communities and, over time, the whole population.
Putting a face to the issue
CAFOD is launching ‘50 years 50 faces: sexual violence in DRC’ on 21 July.
This exhibition of images and words from interviews with 50 Congolese women
who have suffered sexual violence puts a human face to the ongoing tragedy.
Many were held captive by rebel militia for weeks or even years, violently abused
on a daily basis. Almost all returned to stigmatisation
and rejection by their families and community.
The exhibition will start its nationwide run in the Morley Gallery http://www.cafod.org.uk/news/drc.
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In this week’s issue
When the hurt stops and the healing starts
Making markets moral
Iron and velvet
Love in a Catholic climate
Someone to talk to
A good Lent takes planning
South American surprise
Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms?
Elena Curti
Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse
Speeches from this week's conference in Rome
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Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh
Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...
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