UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) – The writer is UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.The 2018 Nobel Laureate, Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist celebrated for his work with survivors of sexual assault in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Panzi Hospital once said: “Rape is a strategy of war – it is meant to destroy women and communities physically and mentally”.
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