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‘If your husband doesn't humiliate you, other people won't’: Gendered attitudes towards sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Jocelyn Kelly Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Justin Kabanga Centre d'Assistance Médico-Psychosociale (CAMPS)/5ème CELPA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bukavu
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Will Cragin International Medical Corps, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma
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Lys Alcayna-Stevens Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Social Anthropology Department, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
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Sadia Haider Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of OB/GYN, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Michael J. Vanrooyen Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Pages 285-298 | Received 24 Nov 2010, Accepted 17 Apr 2011, Published online: 09 Jun 2011

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