The story of displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is old and painful. Yet one continual thread in that tale is the scourge of rape. When displacement and rape combine, the burden on humanity gets heavier, as we saw recently in Goma.
Here, survival for the hundreds of internally displaced people (IDP) is a daily struggle. They have to deal with the dwindling rations, unpredictable weather elements and diseases, and the uncertain security. It is worse for women, many of whom are living with horrid tales of sexual violence.
