jeb sharp – work in progress

Rape as a Weapon of War

Background: I went to Chad in August 2007 to do some reporting from the camps for refugees from Darfur. While I was there I met a group of rape survivors. They had all been captured and enslaved for differing lengths of time. Their testimonies stuck with me. I began to read more about the epidemic levels of sexual violence in conflict (and post-conflict) zones around the world. I have embarked on a reporting project to better understand where and why this happens and what the medical, humanitarian, legal, political and military response looks like (and how it measures up). Here are links to the stories I have done so far. (Some of these stories won a 2008 Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.)

CHAD/DARFUR

June 1, 2009

Physicians for Human Rights Report: Nowhere to Turn

UNITED NATIONS

June 18, 2008

U.N. Security Council Tackles Sexual Violence in Conflict

DARFUR

April 7, 2008

Sexual Violence Continues in Darfur

RWANDA

February 19, 2008

Born of Genocide

Follow-on interview with R. Charli Carpenter, author of Born of War

February 20, 2008

Slow Justice for Rwanda’s Rape Victims

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

January 8, 2008

Rape in Congo 1- Healing the Victims

Follow-on interview with Julia VanRooyen, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

January 9, 2008

Rape in Congo 2- Responding to the Crisis

Transcript of interview with Sarah Mosely, International Rescue Committee

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