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Lucy ADAMS
Lucy ADAMS is Chief Reporter at The Herald, Scotland's leading quality newspaper. She joined the paper in 2003. Prior to that, she was the Home Affairs correspondent at The Sunday Times (Scotland). She has won twice the Amnesty International Nations and Regions Award for her coverage of human rights abuses in Africa. |
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Lucy ADAMS reported on the plight of women suffering epidemic levels of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, long before other UK news organisations. She travelled to South Kivu in early August 2008, where the security situation was extremely unstable. Local bureaucracy, the lack of infrastructure and corruption created numerous hurdles. The women's bravery in speaking out so openly in a country where they are ostracised for being victims, was incredible. The article and an accompanying report by SCIAF (Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund) have been used to put pressure on the UK government to provide greater support to the victims and to pressure the Congolese government into taking action. |
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