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from the UK Feminista page:
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the world?s most forgotten conflicts. An estimated 5.4 million have lost their lives in the last 15 years, most through preventable disease and malnutrition unleashed by the conflict. That is the equivalent of the population of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff and Coventry put together.
Rape has been used as tool of war in this conflict, children as young as 3 months and women as old as 80 have suffered; making the DRC the 'rape capital of the world', according to has Margot Wallstrom, the UN's special representative on sexual violence in conflict.
The UK Government is one of the largest financial contributors to the DRC government. The UK will spend an average of £198 million per year in Democratic Republic of Congo until 2015. Don?t let the our government?s contribution go to waste.
Last year, 14,591 new cases of sexual violence were reported in DRC, yet there is still only one main rape crisis centre where women can go for support. Often women have to walk for days in order to receive post rape health care. The majority of these rapes go completely unprosecuted, perpetuating the idea that rape can be used as a weapon of war.'