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Social impact plays a huge role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC], human rights are violated especially sexual violence against women. Sexual violence is common in war, an instrument of fear that is used against the women. In this country they believe that genders do not deserve equality, women are not treated equal to men. When a conflict involving rape arises they believe the right thing to do is to be isolated from their whole family and the community, this leads the women to fear getting rejected from their loved ones and the people around them. When a women’s rights get violated sexually it is common that she is no longer respected in the community due to the shame and infection of HIV or STD’s. In some cases the isolation is so strong, the women feel forced to leave their communities.

After a women experiences rape, studies shows 29% of women are then reject by their families and 6% by their communities. After experiencing this, it is known as the “women’s fault” for letting it happen. During an interview they asked a woman why her husband rejected her after being violated and her answer was "They repudiate us. They know that we have been raped and that we have been infected. So to save their lives they abandon us." It destroys families, the husbands will no longer want part in her life, due to the fear of becoming contaminated. After rape when the women comes home it may cause an increase risk of abuse of neglect within the household.The husband will stop caring for his wife, this sometimes leads to the children believing that their mother is contaminated. Husbands are usually too embarrassed and will kick the wife out of the house, her parents will wonder and ask “Why she ruined her marriage?” Having a child from rape can lead to huge social rejection, but it isn’t common for the women in DRC, during a survey women answered about pregnancy due to their rape only 13% of them experienced this.

To solve these problems involving husbands wives, the women are usually know for going to the hospital and getting tested for HIV and other diseases. If the tests come back negative, the hospital will then take the results to the husbands to prove that the wife is not infected with anything. Although she has been raped, the husband will not isolate the wife anymore. Services have been set up to be helpful in the event of educating women and communities on how to take the steps towards accepting the survivors of rape.

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