The tragedies of the eastern Congo will highlighted and exposed by Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege.
'TURNING PAIN TO POWER TOUR' Will Begin In February.
To combat rampant rape and mutilation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has affected hundreds of thousands of women, V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, announces today a tour to raise urgent new awareness of the DRC crisis. The five-city 'Turning Pain to Power Tour' will take place this February, making stops in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Washington, DC.
Events on the tour will feature Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of the DRC's PANZI Hospital in Bukavu, and playwright/V-Day founder Eve Ensler. Honored by the UN in December 2008 for his humanitarian work, he joins Ensler, the founder/artistic director of V-Day, and the award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues, in exposing femicide and the sexual torture of women in the DRC, and relaying the stories of women survivors on the ground who are coming together and breaking the silence.
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