INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DRC was assisted by the midwives….Since the delivery of my stillborn baby, I have had an involuntary leaking of urine.” “My children and I were sleeping in our home and I was nine months pregnant at the time. I heard cries and knew that there were soldiers near the house. They came into the house and took my children outside. Then they took turns raping me. Afterwards they looted all the valuables that we owned. Two weeks later I had a normal delivery.” “I was going to work in the field when I saw two men in military uniform who asked me ‘Who is with you?’ I replied that I was alone and they asked me where I was going. I said that I was going to the fields. They made me take off my clothes and they took me by force and raped me. I was six months pregnant and I had a miscarriage the same day. Now I have pelvic and lumbar pain.” “I was leaving the market and I didn't know that they were in front of me. Five to ten minutes after I got home, they came into my house. They said ‘Where is the woman who entered here? She must come here and give us money that she has from selling a cow yesterday.’ They abused my husband until he finally gave them money. My husband died then and the two assailants took turns raping me. They kicked my pregnant belly and to this day I have a lot of pain in this area.” Elderly patient at Panzi Hospital (Justin Ide, Harvard University News Office) 25