SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONTEXT

By Rebecca Feeley, Enough Congo Field Researcher

Despite the international community’s $500 million investment in 2006
elections and the world’s largest United Nations peacekeeping mission
(costing more than $1 billion per year), the current round of fighting
is the most destructive since 2005 and the latest chapter in more than
12 years of near continuous warfare.

Contact:
Joann Donnellan
(w)202-347-2240 (c)703-966-1990
joann@jdmediapr.com

Effort will begin on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women and culminate on International Human Rights Day

OBAMA'S OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AFRICA
The two deadliest conflicts in the world merit urgent attention.

by George Clooney, David Pressman and John Prendergast

The Wall Street Journal
November 22, 2008

The Senate on Thursday passed an important resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire among warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In light of the escalating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Amnesty International will be holding an International Day of Action on November 23. That day, Amnesty members around the world will speak out about human rights violations in the DRC. AI USA will organize an emergency rally in front of the White House at 2pm on Sunday, November 23, in order to raise awareness about the crisis. Activists at the rally will call on the U.S.

HBO will be airing an encore presentation of Lisa Jackson's "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" in response to the escalation of violence in the east. This will be a great opportunity to invite your friends over to watch the film and collect signatures on the petition to President-elect Obama, just like what Robin Wright Penn did last week (see below for more info).

Watch The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Thursday, November 20

Recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced an estimated two-hundred-fifty thousand people and threatens to spread to a wider region of Central Africa: Listen to John Prendergast give an update on the complex crisis in this mineral rich area. LISTEN

Washington, D.C., October 31, 2008

Averting Renewed Regional War in Eastern Congo
Statement by the Enough Project

Today on The Huffington Post, actress Emmannuelle Chriqui and Enough co-chair John Prendergast highlight the ongoing conflict in the Congo and the epidemic of rape against women and girls. In announcing the launch of the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign, they insist that we must take a stand for the women of the Congo, and for the future of our common humanity.