Congolese Children

Hollywood Event Honoring Streisand's YENTL Brings Awareness to Plight of Congolese Women

Paul Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Katz

The women's movement used to have a kind of steam that I think has gone out of it. We have to keep talking about change and women's rights, not only here but all around the world.

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The Never Ending War

Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis

If rape is a weapon of the Congo's war, then treat it with the gravity afforded every other weapon. Until the sexual violence ends, the world has no right to speak of peace.

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Study: Congo Fighting Causes 45,000 Deaths A Month

The Guardian | Chris McGreal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The effects of a decade of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to kill about 45,000 people each month - half of them small chil...

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