Assistance to rape survivors at Panzi Hospital. Dr Mukwege, surgeon-gynaecologist “repairs” for free physiologically as well as psychologically women who have endured sexual violences. However, they should not be considered only as victims, but as survivors, whose bravery allow them to turn their suffering into a force for change.

Sexual violences in Eastern DRC. Use of rape by soldiers and militiamen as a war weapon and spreading of sexual violences among civilians.

In what way am I concerned? Links between Congolese armed conflicts and minerals extraction, such as tantalum, cassiterite, tungsten and gold, indispensable for the production of mobile phones and other electronic devices.

 

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Profitable conflicts in an “extractive neoliberalism” context. When disorder and conflicts go with economic flexibility and firms profits.

Historical background of conflicts in DRC. A complex situation involving local and international actors in matters of identity, of access to land and above all to mines, lusted after by unscrupulous foreign companies.