On Wednesday, we were joined by Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day, the organization behind a five-year campaign to stop the violence, Rose Mapendo, a survivor of the war was dubbed UN “humanitarian of the year” this summer for her work with refugees, and Kambale Musavuli, student coordinator for Friends of the Congo.
It's a heartwrenching story: more than five million dead and rape is used to terrorize the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where spillover from the Rwandan conflict has led to the ongoing violence of daily life despite an official ceasefire. And minerals like coltan, used in your laptop or cell phone as well as aerospace technologies, are funding the violence. We all use cell phones and computers, but what can we do to stop supporting the horrific abuse of women and children in the Congo?
It's a heartwrenching story: more than five million dead and rape is used to terrorize the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where spillover from the Rwandan conflict has led to the ongoing violence of daily life despite an official ceasefire. And minerals like coltan, used in your laptop or cell phone as well as aerospace technologies, are funding the violence. We all use cell phones and computers, but what can we do to stop supporting the horrific abuse of women and children in the Congo?