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Rape in the Congo

When You Hear the Word "Congo," Naturally You Think "Fun for Children"

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Disgrasian

2011-02-10-costcocongo.gifFor a limited time only, we can go to the Congo for $799.99!

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A Report from Women in the World: Stories and Solutions Summit - Part 1

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Vital Voices, Leymah Gbowee, Rare, Human Slavery, Goldman Sachs 10, Bank of America, Liberia, Sex Trafficking, Women in the World Conference, Diane Von Furstenberg, Marie Brenner, Diane Sawyer, Frances Townsend, Campbell Brown, Madeleine Albright, Human Trafficking, Luis CdeBaca, 000 Women, Christiane Amanpour, Exxonmobil, The Daily Beast, Denis Mukwege, Rape in the Congo, Sexual Violence, Michelle Obama, Kiran Bedi, Tina Brown, Seven, Conrad Hilton Foundation, Archie Panjabi, Hp, Women in Afghanistand and Pakistan, Fatima Bhutto, Erica Jong, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, Lesley Stahl, Julie Taymor, Hillary Clinton, Gayle Lemmon, Rape as a Weapon of War, World News
Marcia G. Yerman

At the Daily Beast's "Women in the World" conference last weekend the theme repeated and over was that "women's rights may exist on the books and in the law, but not on the street."

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One Congolese Woman Uses Radio As A Weapon Against Rape

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Vital Voices, Sexual Violence, Rape, Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu, Congo Rape, Drc, Radio, Global Leadership Award, Drc Rape, Congo, Rape in the Congo, Radio Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News
Kelly Nuxoll

As newspapers crumble in the U.S., radio is flourishing in the Congo. It's not a tactic to keep the media in business, however; it's a weapon, and women are the unlikely ones wielding it.

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Rape A Growing Program Around Globe: Doctors Without Borders

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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JOHANNESBURG — More needs to be done to deal with an epidemic of rape in the world's conflict zones and to help victimized women, Doctors Withou...

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