{"id":1142,"date":"2025-07-02T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:59:57","slug":"usaid-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-congo-as-conflict-erupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/usaid-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-congo-as-conflict-erupted\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID cancelled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-06-02-20-Exclusive-USAID-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-Congo-as-conflict-erupted-Reuters-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-06-02-20-Exclusive-USAID-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-Congo-as-conflict-erupted-Reuters-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-06-02-20-Exclusive-USAID-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-Congo-as-conflict-erupted-Reuters-400x250.png 400w, https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-02-at-06-02-20-Exclusive-USAID-cancelled-rape-survivor-kits-for-Congo-as-conflict-erupted-Reuters.png 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Internally displaced Congolese women prepare vegetables outside their houses after they fled, following clashes between fighters linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Congo-based rebel group and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Oicha, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo June&#8230; Summary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thousands of rape survivors in Congo lack access to vital post-rape kits<\/li>\n<li>USAID contract cancellation disrupts supply chain amid escalating violence<\/li>\n<li>UNFPA seeks $35 million to mitigate US funding loss for rape survivor care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 1 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication, the United Nations and aid groups said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The emergency kits include medication to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as unwanted pregnancies. The decision to cancel the contract for around 100,000 post-rape kits has not been reported previously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><em>Source: Reuters<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internally displaced Congolese women prepare vegetables outside their houses after they fled, following clashes 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