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Ditto-this is why I started the thread because I cannot for the life of me understand why we are not all standing shoulder to shoulder on this one..Eve Ensler is one of the authors of one of the articles...these women are being robbed of their very WOMANESS-the ability to bear children, to nurture, to heal and teach and grow....it is MADDENING. And no one in any position of authority is saying STOP NOW. The markets may be unstable, but the US is far from losing it's status as a major player in the world...COME ON. SAY NO. This is a 911 call...we need underdeveloped nations in our pocket-the old world has become skeptical of us, so we need to start our influence peddling elsewhere-these countries that are perpetrating these crimes are IMPLODING...let's help set them on the right path. jmo
I had the pleasure of seeing Eve Ensler and one of the women who help maintain The City of Hope in the Congo speak in NYC about 7-8 months ago about rape being used as a weapon of war against women. Eve obviously talked alot about the situation, she talked about the history of the region and how it has gotten to the state it is now. She showed lots of pictures of the villages, the aftermath, the women and children laying on dirt floors in their own urine and blood with no where to go and no one to help them.
The most powerful was the woman Christine who was with was Congolese. Her village was raided, her husband, her mother, father, best friends, nieces, nephews, grandmother, grandfather were all mutilated in front of her. She watched as her own mother, grandmother, 3 yr old niece and other women of the village were beaten and gang-raped and then murdered. She survived and she decided to try and become a voice for so many women who don't. She has been travelling all around the world with Eve Ensler giving talks and trying to raise awareness. Having this woman stand in front of you and speak of the things she has seen with her own eyes, the torture she had to endure with her own body and the powerful sadness she suffered really made it real, tangible. This woman I could reach out and touch from half a world away went through these atrocities we hear about and that was powerful.
I have tons of respect for Eve Ensler and all of the things she has done for women who have no voice and no power. She is a woman who truly made a difference. I have a big button on my purse I got at the lecture that says "Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource" That would us, women.