Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Categories: Humanitarian Emergencies
Sub-Categories: Mass Atrocities, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2011
Citation: Peterman, Amber, Tia Palermo, and Caryn Bredenkamp. "Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo." American Journal of Public Health 101, no. 6 (2011): 1060-1067.
Sub-Categories: Mass Atrocities, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2011
Citation: Peterman, Amber, Tia Palermo, and Caryn Bredenkamp. "Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo." American Journal of Public Health 101, no. 6 (2011): 1060-1067.
Abstract
This report sought to provide data-based estimates of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and describe risk factors for such violence.