8th March, women throughout the world celebrate the ‘International Women’s Day.’ Unfortunately, Congolese women do not have much to celebrate for as we identify ourselves with the nearly one million women, men and children who have been violently, systematically and repeatedly raped, mutilated and terrorized and still are by a host of culprits from Rwanda and Uganda. The ugly paradox of the 21st century is that some of our elegant symbols of modernity; smart phones, laptops, digital cameras and jewelry are built from minerals that are fueling mass slaughter and on-going rapes in the DR Congo. What happens to the women of Congo is also happening to all of us; we have lost our humanity, our dignity. We would compromise our integrity if we do not engage in their struggle. Just picture the raped women with bullets burying through their intestines and try to weigh them against the piles of blood-soaked electronic goods sitting in your homes with their little chunks of Congolese metal whirring inside...
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 10:18:05 +0000
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