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ABSTRACT
The Democratic Republic of Congo has undergone a long stretch of internal violence in which there was severe crisis in the country, chief of which was the sheer amount of sexual violence. Women and young girls were subjected to rape, sexual abuse, forced marriage, trafficking to mention but a few. The bigger problem was that the dastardly acts grew from the actions of a few recalcitrant individuals to a war weapon where the dozens of armed groups that operated including the Congolese army were actively involved in violating these women and even fellow men. This work holistically discusses the violence as it occurred in DRC, it brings to fore the harsh conditions that women and young girls in the country had to live in as they were in constant fear of sexual assault. It discusses the relevant agencies and legislations that act in a bid to suppress the menace and equally provide justice for victims especially the work of a particular organization providing post-rape care and its medico-legal work. The work finds that justice has largely been a forlorn prospect as some of the chief perpetrators of the act which are top government officials and senior military men bearing command responsibility are effectively untouchable. This research recommends that the DRC government muster greater will to combat the menace and concludes by stating all hope is not lost as recent strides have been made which if continued will help to remedy the problem of sexual violence.
