MEDSF Sexual violence

Sexual violence in Darfur must end

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:11:07 +0000

Sexual violence in Sudan is being used systematically against civilians amid an intensifying conflict. Our teams in Tawila, North Darfur, provided medical care to over 300 survivors in just two months.

For women in eastern DRC nowhere is safe from sexual violence

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:28:40 +0000

In Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MEDSF teams continue to record alarming numbers of sexual violence cases, with hundreds of victims and survivors seeking care at health centres each week.

Supporting victims and survivors of violence in Papua New Guineas Highlands

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:04:06 +0000

In Papua New Guinea we are training health workers and engaging communities on care for victims and survivors of violence.

Year in Review 2024

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:28:29 +0000

Read MEDSF's Operations Directors' review of the challenges faced by our teams in providing care in 2024.

Sexual violence in eastern DRC is a persistent emergency

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:15:38 +0000

Persistently high levels of sexual violence are being reported in eastern DRC, where the safety of civilians and access to care must be improved.

Sexual violence in Sudan: “They beat us and they raped us right there on the road in public”

Wed, 28 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Across Darfur, Sudan, and in eastern Chad, our teams have heard stories of and treated people for horrific sexual violence.

Providing support to victims of sexual violence in Haiti

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:57:37 +0000

MEDSF provides treatment to victims and survivors of sexual violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but further services are urgently needed across a city wracked by violence.

MEDSF has and continues to treat more than two victims of sexual violence per hour in DRC

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

MEDSF teams treated over two survivors of sexual violence every hour in DRC in 2023, urging action from international and national stakeholders.

MEDSF survey shows scale of violence against displaced women in eastern DRC

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:17:25 +0000

A survey among displaced people in four camps around Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo shows alarming rates of violence, particularly sexual violence.

Survivors of sexual violence in the Darien Gap receive care in Costa Rica

Fri, 31 May 2024 13:40:25 +0000

In Costa Rica, MEDSF and local partner Cadena, and in coordination with health authorities, are providing medical and psychological care to people who experienced sexual violence in the Darién Gap.