Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Glob Public Health. 2012;7(3):285-98. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2011.585344. Epub 2011 Jun 9.
More than a decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in extensive human rights abuses, of which sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is one of the most salient and disturbing features. This paper uses qualitative data, based on 10 focus groups with 86 women and men to better understand gendered community perspectives on SGBV and its consequences in South Kivu. We conclude that for many survivors, rape has consequences far beyond the physiological and psychological trauma associated with the attack. Respondents say sexual violence has become a societal phenomenon, in which the community isolation and shame experienced as a result of the attack become as important as concerns about the attack itself. Male focus group participants explain their own feelings of shame and anger associated with knowing their female relatives were raped. These findings highlight the complexity of community reintegration for survivors and identify a number of programmatic and policy implications, such as the need for counselling for survivors of sexual violence with their families as well as individually; the importance of income-generating training; and the need for improved justice mechanisms to bring perpetrators to justice.
刚果民主共和国（DRC）十多年的战争导致了广泛的侵犯人权行为，性暴力和性别暴力（SGBV）是其中最突出和令人不安的特征之一。本文使用定性数据，基于 10 个焦点小组，共有 86 名男女，以更好地了解南基伍社区对 SGBV 及其后果的看法。我们的结论是，对于许多幸存者来说，强奸的后果远远超出了与袭击相关的生理和心理创伤。受访者表示，性暴力已经成为一种社会现象，由于袭击而导致的社区孤立和羞耻感与对袭击本身的担忧同样重要。男性焦点小组参与者解释了他们自己对知道女性亲属被强奸的羞耻和愤怒的感受。这些发现强调了幸存者重新融入社区的复杂性，并确定了一些方案和政策方面的影响，例如需要为性暴力幸存者及其家庭提供咨询，包括个人咨询；需要提供创收培训；需要改善司法机制，将犯罪者绳之以法。
