Ambassador MelanneVerveer spoke to DenisMukwege about how the general public can support survivors of sexual violence; and what makes him continue his work in spite of death threats and violent attacks.
in 1998, it was originally created to serve maternity patients. Tell us about the moment when you became aware of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and how that transformed the hospital.The [Panzi] hospital wasn’t inaugurated yet when the first woman came. This woman knew there was a doctor, a surgeon, a gynecologist who worked there. She had been raped… extremely violently. It was the first time that I saw something so horrific.
I had worked as a doctor for more than fifteen years and within the span of three months, I treated 45 women who had been raped. Unfortunately, 20 years later, we are still going down the same path. Quite simply, their bodies are turned into a battlefield and unfortunately those who commit these acts live with total impunity. We have treated babies who are six months old, but also elderly women over 80 years old.
This woman was so proud to show me her home title and to live so independently that she asked us to go to court with her to file a complaint against the soldiers who had raped her.: You just described that for each woman, she bears the physical scars, the terrible health, unspeakable health consequences of what happened to her.
And today, globally, we have created a fund. The fund has been accepted by United Nations Resolution 2467 and it allows countries to come together and have a Global Fund for survivors.
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