City of Joy
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A new centre in Ituri province will provide hope to the victims of sexual violence in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo.
The City of Joy is designed to assist rape victims and is due to open today in the eastern city of Bukavu.
Its sponsors, including the best-selling American writer Eve Ensler, intend to select a small number of survivors of sexual violence and help them on the road to recovery while empowering them to become a new generation of activists and community leaders.
The BBC's Thomas Hubert visited the site a few days before its inauguration.
First broadcast 4th February 2011
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