Sexual Violence
Monologue from "Ruined", Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play, Set in the DRC
Actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine delivers a monologue from "Ruined, Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that is set in the DRC and concerns women as human battlefields in civil war. Bernstine portrays Salima, as she remembers how she was raped by soldiers.
EVERYBODY!!!
PLEASE...be sure to watch video of today's BRILLIANT (second panel) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, "Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones - Spotlight: DRC and Sudan". You will laugh and cry and be moved to ACT!
http://tinyurl.com/o9b5up for hearing and transcripts, and read Enough's Laura Heaton's post of May 15 on Enough's blog.
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RIGHTS: Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women
By Wambi Michael
May 3, 2009
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46702
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A Messenger of Peace
Charlize Theron will be travelling to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week in her official capacity as Messenger of Peace with a focus on ending violence against women. Ms.Theron views this as a fact-finding mission. She will travel first to Bukavu to visit Panzi Hospital and meet with Dr. Denis Mukwege, as well as with community outreach workers, medical staff, and survivors of sexual violence.
A Voice for the Voiceless in Congo
On Tuesday morning Enough team members met with Vital Voices’ Fern Holland Award-Winner Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu. A passionate young journalist from the South Kivu province, Chouchou has been a brave and pioneering voice for survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through radio broadcasts.
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Blogging about the Sexual Violence in the Congo
I have been blogging about the sexual violence in the Congo in hopes of raising awareness of the issue. You can view my blog at: http://laquishasurvived.blogspot.com/
The blog entries are labeled "Hope for the Congo". Feel free to leave comments!
Saving Congo Women
It is really important to work together in this world to save the Congo women from 'world class' ferocious crime as rape. I am glad this Congo Challenge forum brings more people to work for the common interest in finding solutions for the Congo women.
