Rape as a Weapon of War: Sexual Violence in the Congo

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Featuring: Dr. Denis Mukwege, Chief Surgeon and Director of the Panzi Hospital, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Panel Discussion with the HHI Gender-based Violence Research Team

Presentation of preliminary research findings moderated by Dr. Michael VanRooyen & Dr. Jennifer Leaning

Location: Bornstein Amphitheater, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

For contact information, go to Harvard University’s event page and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative website

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About Maria May

After graduating from Harvard College in 2006 with a degree in Sociology, Maria taught English in China and subsequently completed a Harvard Center for Public Interest Careers Fellowship with the National Quality Center AIDS Institute housed at the New York State Health Department. While at GHD, Maria worked on case studies focusing on tuberculosis programs in Bangladesh and in Zambia, on health information technology in Rwanda, and on interactions between targeted funding and national health systems in Rwanda as part of the World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives project. Maria's current activities center on documenting and analyzing large-scale HIV prevention efforts. She is now a research fellow at the Tuberculosis Control Programme for BRAC Health in Bangladesh.

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