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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The Day Women of the Congo Seized Control of the Internet
By Jensine Larsen, Contributor
Founder and CEO, World Pulse, social media entrepreneur, glob...
If there is to be any hope for the future of the Congo, the world must wake up and listen to these women who have broken through suffocating radio silence to have discovered not only their voices, but the means of transmission.
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A Glimmer of Hope for the Women in Congo
By Margot Wallström, Contributor
Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Women are not considered to have much value in a society where sexual violence is the norm and justice for perpetrators is the exception. A young woman explained to me that in eastern Congo, "A dead rat is worth more than the body of a woman."
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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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Wealth of a Nation
By Elizabeth Blackney, Contributor
Media Fixer and Strategist
Ethically sourced, responsibly produced and market ready energy and commodities will strengthen us as a people and ultimately, our rival China, will be made better as well.
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One Remote Village, 4 Days, 250 Rapes
By Margaret Aguirre, Contributor
Head of Global Initiatives for International Medical Corps
I remember the sick feeling in my stomach as I read the e-mail from our medical coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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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