Global Health Justice

sexual violence


March 17, 2025

The Weapon No One Talks About: Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Mapenzi Kinege and Amaya Gatling

A country’s true strength is not in its economy or military but in the well-being of its women. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more than 1.8 million women have endured brutal violence; mass rape has become a harrowing reality. Sexual violence is used as a deliberate tool of terror to break communities,…


February 26, 2023

Violence and Sexual Harassment Against Women in Health Professions

By Women in Global Health (WGH)

Women make up 70% of the health care workforce worldwide. Sadly, female health care workers are faced with sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) at work every day perpetrated by male colleagues, male patients, and male community members. Oftentimes, SEAH experienced by women in the health sector goes unreported, unrecorded, and unpunished. In 2022, Women…