Anglican Churches in Africa get behind initiative to prevent sexual violence

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Anglican Churches in Africa get behind initiative to prevent sexual violence

Posted On : September 5, 2011 9:00 AM | Posted By : Admin ACO
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Related Categories: Burundi, Congo, Rwanda

The Anglican Provinces of Rwanda, Burundi and Congo have all got 
behind an initiative to work to prevent sexual violence. The 
'<http://www.wewillspeakout.org/>We Will Speak Out' coalition, 
initially comprising the Anglican Communion, Tearfund, Christian Aid, 
and Restored was established to urge the Church to speak out against 
sexual violence and came about as a response to the findings in 
Tearfund's research report, 'Silent No More', which documented the 
role of the church in response to sexual violence in the Democratic 
Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Liberia, with some later study in 
Burundi. It concluded that the Church had largely failed to respond 
adequately to sexual violence and had sometimes been unintentionally 
instrumental in marginalising those who have experienced its 
devastating consequences.
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