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CAM has joined the Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SFOG) in an appeal against sexual violence perpetrated against women and children in the East Democratic Republic of the Congo.
CAM has received a request (below) to join our International colleagues in an appeal against sexual violence towards women and girls in the East Democratic Republic of the Congo. CAM has chosen to endorse this appeal.
Please click the link below for more information.
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Dear colleague!
The open war in the East Democratic Republic of the Congo has been replaced by a low intensive but brutal campaign of sexual aggression towards its women and girls. At least half a million of them have to date been raped. Is it the curse of large numbers that allows for this terror to continue?
The Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SFOG) invites, together with the Swedish Society of Medicine, the Swedish Medical Association, the Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the global medical community to appeal for peace and an end to the sexual aggression in the Congo.
First signer of the appeal is Dr Denis Mukwege, Panzi Hospital, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Do endorse the appeal! http://www.stopthewarrapes.com/
Please send your approval to the SFOG office kansliet@sfog.se and your society will be presented by the website.
Do link the appeal to your homepage and preferably alert your members by email to sign the appeal.
The more associations that endorse the appeal the greater pressure this can be!
Ulf Högberg
President, Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Drottninggatan 552, Sweden
Dr. Margit Endler
Obstetrics and Gynecology, South General Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
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