SEND A LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA NOW! [1]
Send a letter to President Obama [1] encouraging him to act to protect the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, encourage the international community to investigate leaders who use sexual violence, and work with U.S. lawmakers to pass the International Violence Against Women Act.
The second war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo officially ended in 2003, but women and girls remain targets of violence. It is estimated that over 1,000 people die each day in the DRC due to violence. Poverty and the fear of sexual violence have become a part of life for the women of the DRC. The threat of and the use of rape and sexual violence have become weapons used by all sides of the conflict and it is reported that hundreds of thousands of women have been systematically raped and sexually attacked since 1998.
[2]Women's Funding Network member fund V-Day is urging support of women and girls in Congo all year with their 2009 Spotlight Campaign Stop Raping our Greatest Resources: Power to Women and Girls of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [3].
Click here to learn about the campaign and their Turning Pain into Power Tour [2], a five-city North American speaking tour featuring Dr. Denis Mukwege, Director and Founder of Panzi General Reform Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu, DRC, and V-Day Founder Eve Ensler.
TAKE ACTION NOW FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE DRC [1].
Sign up for our Violence Against Women [4] online group to share your thoughts, resources and insight about women and violence.
