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    Battles on Women's Bodies: War, Rape, and Traumatisation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Trenholm, Jill E., P. Olsson and B. M. Ahlberg. 2011. "Battles on Women's Bodies: War, Rape and Traumatisation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." Global Public Health 6 (2): 139-52.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Trauma, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: sexual violence, war rape, humanitarian aid

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    Somatic Panic-Attack Equivalents in a Community Sample of Rwandan Widows Who Survived the 1994 Genocide

    Hagengimana, Athanase, Devon Hinton, Bruce Bird, Mark Pollack, and Roger K. Pitman. 2003. "Somatic Panic-Attack Equivalents in a Community Sample of Rwandan Widows Who Survived the 1994 Genocide." Psychiatric Research 117 (1): 1-9.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: widows, genocide, mental health, trauma, depression

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    Rates and Risks for Prolonged Grief Disorder in a Sample of Orphaned and Widowed Genocide Survivors

    Schaal, Susanne, Nadja Jacob, Jean-Pierre Dusingizemungu, and Thomas Elbert. 2010. "Rates and Risks for Prolonged Grief Disorder in a Sample of Orphaned and Widowed Genocide Survivors." BMC Psychiatry 10 (55): 1-9.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Ethnic/Communal Wars, Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda Keywords: mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder, genocide, widows

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    Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victims' Perspective

    Maedl, Anna. 2011. "Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victims' Perspective." Human Rights Quarterly 33 (1): 128-47.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Health, HIV/AIDS, International Organizations, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Rights, Human Rights, Women's Rights, Security, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: sexual violence, rape, war rape, weapon of war

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    Female Dissociative Responding to Extreme Sexual Violence in a Chronic Crisis Setting: The Case of Eastern Congo

    Schalinski, Inga, Thomas Elbert, and Maggie Schauer. 2011. “Female Dissociative Responding to Extreme Sexual Violence in a Chronic Crisis Setting: The Case of Eastern Congo.” Journal of Traumatic Stress 24 (2): 235-238.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: sexual violence, mental health

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    Making Sense of Violence: Voices of Soldiers in the Congo (DRC)

    Baaz, Maria Eriksson, and Maria Stern. 2008. “Making Sense of Violence: Voices of Soldiers in the Congo (DRC).” The Journal of Modern African Studies 46 (1): 57-86. doi:10.1017/S0022278X07003072

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    Topics: Trauma, Military Forces & Armed Groups Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    ‘Le Bebe En Brousse’: European Women, African Birth Spacing and Colonial Intervention in Breast Feeding in the Belgian Congo

    Hunt, Nancy Rose. 1988. “‘Le Bebe En Brousse’: European Women, African Birth Spacing and Colonial Intervention in Breast Feeding in the Belgian Congo.” The International Journal of African Historical Studies 21 (3): 401-32.

    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Health, Reproductive Health Regions: Africa, Central Africa, Europe, Western Europe Countries: Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Fistula and Traumatic Genital Injury from Sexual Violence in a Conflict Setting in Eastern Congo: Case Studies

    Longombe, Ahuka Ona, Kasereka Masumbuko Claude, and Joseph Ruminjo. 2008. “Fistula and Traumatic Genital Injury from Sexual Violence in a Conflict Setting in Eastern Congo: Case Studies.” Reproductive Health Matters 16 (31): 132–41.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Health, Reproductive Health, Sexual Violence, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: fistula, traumatic genital injury, sexual violence, conflict and crisis settings, Democratic Republic of Congo

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    Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and Its Aftermath

    Nowrojee, Binaifer. 1996. Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and Its Aftermath. United States: Human Rights Watch.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, Ethnic/Communal Wars, Ethnicity, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Genocide, Health, Reproductive Health, Trauma, International Law, Justice, International Tribunals & Special Courts, Sexual Violence, Rape, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Sexual Slavery Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda

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    HIV Treatment in a Conflict Setting: Outcomes and Experiences from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Ellman, Tom, Heather Culbert, and Victorio Torres-Feced. 2007. “Treatment of AIDS in Conflict-Affected Settings: A Failure of Imagination.” The Lancet 365 (9456): 278–80.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, Health, HIV/AIDS Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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