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Leila Zerrougui, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visits a shelter for women in a camp for displaced persons in the eastern part of the country. Female personnel and officials have a special role to play in responding to the disturbingly high levels of sexual and gender-based violence that have plagued the Congo.

Leila Zerrougui, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visits a shelter for women in a camp for displaced persons in the eastern part of the country. Female personnel and officials have a special role to play in responding to the disturbingly high levels of sexual and gender-based violence that have plagued the Congo.

(UN Photo/Marie Frechon, 14 November 2008)