What is happening in the Eastern Congo is horrific and unjust.
“Women had very few rights. They are not perceived as equal citizens. I think what […] these atrocities have done is to have, bizarrely, normalized rape. So now it's not just the Congolese army and the factions that are raping the women; now it's becoming normalized. Domestic rape and domestic battery has wildly increased in families."
Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day, September 2007
"Normalized rape." How can we as human beings honestly let something as horrible as rape continue each day and say that it is becoming normalized. Women who are trying to take care of their children, trying to get an education, simply trying to survive are being beaten and raped sometimes multiple times a day. The thought of this makes me physically and emotionally ill.
I hope that other people will see the enormity of this issue and do something about it.
If you would like to take a step to ending violence against women ask Congress to pass the I-VAWA.
Sign the letter to pass I-VAWA at
http://www.womensedge.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=133
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