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Commentary: War On Women In Congo

Published date: 
18 May 2009

Eve Ensler the playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" and the founder of V-Day wrote this commentary based on her remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommitte on Internation Operations and Organisations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues.

 

Rape Now Being Prosecuted As Weapon Of War

Published date: 
11 May 2009
Local and national women's organizations In Colombia say there are thousands of cases of sexual violence - by right-wing paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas - that go unreported by women too afraid to talk. But now, the groups are campaigning to make women aware of their rights as victims and to push prosecutors to question paramilitaries about sexual violence.

RIGHTS: Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women

Published date: 
2 May 2009
Increased cases of rape and sexual abuse of women and girls is closely associated with armed conflict and its aftermath in Africa.

Former Child Soldiers, Sex Slaves Recover From Liberia’s War

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 10:15
Publisher: 
World Focus
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://worldfocus.org/
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
This video shows survivors of the bloody civil war that spanned 14 years in the signature series Liberia's Long Road Back.
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Former Child Soldiers, Sex Slaves Recover From Liberia’s War

Darfur Women Expect Worst Crisis If ICC Indicts Bashir

Published date: 
6 Jan 2009

Sudanese female leaders who attended the peace forum in Ethiopia said the situation in Dafur might have intense effects on the welfare and security of the women there. 

Activists Slam World's ‘Grotesque Indifference’ To DRC

Published date: 
17 Dec 2008
International lust for the enormous mineral and resource riches of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) abetted by international indifference has turned much of country into a colossal ‘rape mine' where more than 300,000 women and girls have been brutalised, activists say.
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