Stephen Lewis Foundation allocates $300,000 to Panzi Hospital as violence against women and the...

Funds will go directly to aid women affected by rape and violence - TORONTO, June 9 /CNW/ - The Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) today announced an additional $300,000 grant to the Panzi Hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to increase its capacity to treat women who have been brutally raped - often with weapons and tools - and have contracted HIV and other sexually transmitted infections as a result. The Foundation also announced that it will bring together experts from DRC, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and South Africa later this month to create a plan of action to support women in the DRC and to support the hospital's efforts to provide trauma counselling for patients. "The eastern Congo has been described by senior United Nations officials as the worst place in the world for women," said Stephen Lewis,... [read full story]