I was born in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country fraught with security challenges and an unstable political situa­tion that has reached crisis levels.

Many people have read about the notorious levels of sexual violence here. Decades of conflict have seen rape used as a weapon of war. Like so many women around the world, we have also had to deal with sexual violence in our homes and communities.

Read the full op-ed in UNA UK magazine

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