Congo

Running for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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by Kate Stence, Her Blueprint/International Museum of Women

November 30, 2011 - 12:54pm (Print)

This week, millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a war-ravaged African country, voted in their second ever presidential and parliamentary election. As Congolese (and Egyptians) cast votes, they speak out for all rights.

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Where the Wild Things Weren't: Daily Beast's Women's Summit Avoids Controversial Realities

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by Megan Carpentier, RH Reality Check

March 18, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

The Daily Beast's first Women in the World Summit played stuck to lowest-common denominator issues, and avoided the "scary" and "controversial" (read: political) realities of women's lives.

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Pushing for “Zero Tolerance” on Sexual Violence in DRC

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by Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

February 9, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

There is no shortage of reports or data documenting the abhorrent extent of sexual violence in the DRC. Women are targets working in the fields. Women are targets walking home. Women are targets virtually everywhere.
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UN to Discuss Rape as a Weapon of War

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

June 18, 2008 - 3:58pm (Print)

This Thursday the UN will discuss one of the world's most common, and most ignored, forms of terrorism: mass rape.
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