Allons-y | January 2019

This third volume of Allons-y features four articles on how militarization and armed violence targets and harms children, and how this trauma is challenging to undo: one article discusses the plight of children in autocratic North Korea, one the sexual violence targeted at girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one the shortcomings of the reintegration process for children released from armed groups in the DRC, and one the mental health support challenges faced by refugee youth.

Rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Gendered Approach to the Proliferation of Sexualized Violence against Children

Airianna Murdoch-Fyke, a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa, examines the prevalence of conflict-related sexual violence targeted at girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of a deliberate strategy by armed groups and other forces, and the scale of effort required to redress and prevent these abuses.