Muslim women wait to receive iftar food during the month of Ramadan at the Mugunga camp for internally displaced people, outside Goma in the North Kivu Province, DRC on March 17, 2024.
Across Eastern Africa, conflict and displacement continue to devastate communities, with women and girls disproportionately affected.
Rape and other forms of sexual violence are often widespread in conflict settings, where they can be used to humiliate, punish, control, injure, inflict fear, and destroy communities.
