tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post3563603906969825201..comments2024-02-24T06:10:42.255-08:00Comments on Congo Siasa: Heeeere's JohnnieJason Stearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-51416091399602837502010-05-01T06:05:05.631-07:002010-05-01T06:05:05.631-07:00This is one of the most serious yet undocumented c...This is one of the most serious yet undocumented consequences of a large-scale use of rape at times of conflicts: sexual violence continues afterwards and is very hard to eradicate, as the limits have been detroyed. Fight against impunity is necessary but also communication campaigns/activities to raise awareness among communities and reestablish those limits in the society. War is not really finished if women are not safe and their body integrity permanently threatened or violated, as it is the case now in Eastern DRC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-15235898043644927082010-04-21T20:21:27.501-07:002010-04-21T20:21:27.501-07:00True, true. But that will only happen if SGBV prog...True, true. But that will only happen if SGBV programs can rehabilitate the justice system and help change popular attitudes towards rape. We haven't been very successful at that so far.Jason Stearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-70503880148619088552010-04-21T03:52:07.777-07:002010-04-21T03:52:07.777-07:00When the GBV projects were started in the DRC, one...When the GBV projects were started in the DRC, one of the underlying thoughts was the following: in different Sub Saharan countries with good legal systems and women empowerment, domestic and intra-community rape was rampant(only the top of the iceberg going to the police or the medical system, just like in Europe). <br /><br />In Central Africa, where rape had not been prosecuted for decades, domestic and local rape could be endemic, nobody knew. Starting a project against GBV by "strangers" is something that could be used to pry open the door for establishing the right to physical integrity for women in the long run.Sam Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934642964489079325noreply@blogger.com