In DRC camps, women face stark choice: hunger or rape

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In DRC camps, women face stark choice: hunger or rape
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atricia, who was displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, had a hard look in her eye.

Rwanda backs the Tutsi-led M23, according to several Western countries such as the United States and France, although Kigali denies it. Most residents of the displacement camps fled with nothing, and despite humanitarian efforts, food remains scarce. “Her daughter had no other choice but to prostitute herself to feed the family,” Zadi said. “Women are prisoners of a cycle of misery.”

Charmante, 18, dandled a newborn baby on her knee. The mother — whose name AFP has also changed — explained that a man in army uniform had raped her when she left Rusayo. She had intended to gather wood and sell it in order to feed her siblings.

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