The Harsh realities of Darfur

Here's a quote from a heart-wrenching AP article on the brutal realities of Darfur, where the use of rape as a weapon is growing more prevalent every day. The Darfuri women who are raped by the janjaweed militias are not only left with the physical scars and pain of their attack, but the shame and stigma their rape entails within their broader cultural and familial life:

Sheikas in Kalma said they report over a dozen rapes each week. Human rights activists in South Darfur who monitor violence in the refugee camps estimate more than 100 women are raped each month in and around Kalma alone.

The workers warn of an alarming new trend of rapes within the refugee population amid the boredom and slow social decay of the camps. But for the most part, they added, it all depends on whether janjaweed are present in the area.

And still the international community does little to end these attrocities.