CONGO RAPE WEAPON OF WAR

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Dr. Mukwege of DR Congo Wins Two Peace Awards
By Barbara Becker, Contributor
Founder, EqualShot; Faculty, Columbia University
Dr. Mukwege founded Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC, in 1998, originally as a clinic for gynecological and obstetric care. Since its inception, however, he and his colleagues have treated about 40,000 women and girls victimized in brutal sexual attacks, often at the hands of soldiers and armed rebels.
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One Billion Rising
By Eve Ensler, Contributor
Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist
Today 1 out of 3 women in the world, more than 1 billion women, will be raped or beaten. As economies collapse, we become targets. We become commodities, sold in many places for less than a cell phone.
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Ten Radical Acts for Congo in the New Year
By Eve Ensler, Contributor
Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist
Having just been in the Congo for the last month, it is evident that the more than 12-year economic war in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on. Almost 6 million dead. Here's what we do about it.
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Kimya II: A Newer, More Quiet Raping in the Congo
By Eve Ensler, Contributor
Tony award winning playwright, performer and activist
UN peacekeepers in the Congo are not passively standing by and watching the massacres, they are actually supporting the perpetrators.
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On Mother's Day: A Message of Hope and Survival
By Rachel Brown, Contributor
Masters candidate at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
We need to recognize that the respect accorded to our mothers is compromised by the suffering of mothers in places like Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Picking Through the Ruins: How Do We Stop The DRC's War Against Women
By Lynn Nottage, Contributor
Lynn Nottage is an award-winning playwright. Her new play "Rui...
Four years ago, while I was doing research for my new play I conducted numerous interviews with Congolese women fleeing the armed conflict.
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Congo: Rape As A Weapon Of War