The UK’s Guardian newspaper, among the most widely read and influential newspapers worldwide, yesterday published a long article covering the Sonke-ProMundo IMAGES research in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The article comments on the disturbing results of the research: that one in three men admit to committing sexual violence, and three-quarters of men believe that women who do not dress ‘respectfully’ are ‘asking to be raped’.
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