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Congo

Stories

Looking horror in the face

HHI researchers don't flinch in examiniation of Congo rape crisis

Talking terror

Harvard researchers probe the roots of 'crimes against humanity'

Michael VanRooyen: Rebuilding places that peace abandoned

Jocelyn Kelly: Seeking the whole picture of Congo violence

Jennifer Scott: Being there for atrocity’s survivors

Local partners critical to HHI’s work

Eastern Congo nexus for many conflicts

Multimedia

Survivors Song

Survivors Song

DRC History

DRC History

HHI-Panzi Partnership

HHI-Panzi Partnership

Damages of war

Damages of war

Data: L'Incident

Data: L'Incident

Men with guns

Men with guns

Couldn't leave them behind

Couldn't leave them behind

Rape as strategy

Rape as strategy

Just here suffering

Just here suffering

Introduction

Researchers from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative have been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for several years examining the roots of the violence against women that has plagued this war-torn region.

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