Voices From Congo
Monthly Video Podcast Series
Interview with Joseph Ciza
In this month's RAISE Hope for Congo video podcast, Enough interviews Joseph Ciza, Manager of HEAL Africa's Heal My People Progream in Noth Kivu. The Heal My People program provides medical treatment, psychosocial support, and economic assistance to survivors of gender-based violence. To learn more about HEAL Africa and how you can help, visit www.healafrica.org
Interview with Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu
Enough interviews 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. Chouchou founded South Kivu's Association of Women Journalists (Association des Femmes des Medias du Sud Kivu or AFEM) in 2003, which works to increase women's representation in the media, mentors female journalists, and advocates for women's rights, particularly in rural communities, in eastern Congo. To learn more about Chouchou's organization, AFEM, please visit www.afemsk.org. Special thanks to Vital Voices for arranging for the interview!
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Interview with Cecile Mulolo Kamwanya
Cecile Mulolo Kamwanya, a psychologist at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, talks about the root causes of sexual violence and shows us what life is like for women seeking treatment for traumatic fistula at Panzi Hospital. Cecile leads a team of psychologists and welfare workers that provide counseling and therapy to survivors of sexual violence to help them successfully reintegrate into society.
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Interview with Justine Masika Bihamba
Justine Bihamba Masika shares her experiences living in eastern Congo and what motivated her to create Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes de Violences Sexuelles (SFVS). SFVS is a coalition of 35 women's organizations that work to help sexual violence victims and mobilize women around the struggle to end sexual violence in Congo. Justine's work has put her in dangerous situations, but she continues to fight for her cause and hopes that her story will encourage others to get involved in ending sexual violence against Congolese women and girls.
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Interview with Immaculee Birhaheka
Enough's Congo field researcher Rebecca Feeley interviews Immaculee Birhaheka, who founded the organization Promotion and Support of Women's Initiatives (PAIF) in 1995 in the city of Goma. Ms. Birhaheka, one of the Congo's leading human rights activists, has been dedicated to protecting and promoting women's rights and leading efforts to end the massive rape of women and girls in eastern Congo.
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RAISE Awareness Activist Call: Listen in to an update on the crisis in Congo, learn more about the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign, and find out how you can help build the movement. The call featured actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui, Run for Congo Women Founder Lisa Shannon, and the Enough Project's John Prendergast and Sarina Virk.
Listen to the activist call here.
RAISE Your Voice Activist Call: This call delved further into the conflict minerals issue, the conflict minerals legislation in Congress, and what you can do to take action. The call featured the Enough Project's John Bagwell, Candice Knezevic, and David Sullivan.
Listen to the activist call here.
RAISE The Profile Activist Call: On Friday, May 15, the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign had it's final activist call of the three-month Congo Challenge. The call featured the director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience, Michael Abramowitz, East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, Jeffrey Gettleman, and the Enough Project's own blogger, Laura Heaton. Listen now and learn how you can engage the media to RAISE Hope for Congo.
Listen the activist call here.
Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo
The Enough Project teamed up with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to produce an online exhibit on the Congo.
The online exhibit, "Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo," chronicles a trip that Enough co-chair John Prendergast and actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie took to Congo in 2003.
In the latest installment, Prendergast's colleagues, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic, bring us up to date on the issues explored in the online exhibit. Part one of this interview focuses on the situation on the ground in Congo whereas part two focuses on regional and international responses to Congo, including how you can get involved.
Activist Call Audio Update: April 9, 2008
Filmmaker, Lisa F. Jackson; Director of Public Policy at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, Kiersten Stewart; and ENOUGH Co-Chair John Prendergast discuss the film 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo' and what you can do to help end violence against women.
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