Find your way to keep the pressure on Congolese leaders to resolve this conflict and recognize the ongoing human rights offenses affecting its people - especially women.
Crisis in the Congo contributes to plight of women
This Monday, Amnesty International presented "Women and War: The Effects of Conflict on the Women of the Congo."
In conjunction with the Women's Resource Center (WRC), Amnesty International hosted Brinton Lykes, professor in the Lynch School of Education, and Marina McCoy, professor in the philosophy department, in a discussion of the political, social, and psychological ramifications of rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as in other countries.
Malak Yusuf, a leader of Amnesty International and A&S '09, said that the organization has continued to promote sexual violence education through their program "Stop Violence Against Women," and subsequently, it was only natural for the Boston College chapter to become involved in the Concerned About Rape Education (CARE) Week proceedings. In past years, Amnesty International at BC has focused their events on female homicide in Mexico and education for Afghani women and children but chose the crisis in the Congo largely because of its scale and importance.
"The BC chapter of Amnesty International wants to highlight this little-known growing crisis in the DRC - with hopes of encouraging students to become informed and write letters to our senators and representatives to put pressure on Congolese leaders to resolve this conflict and recognize the ongoing human rights offenses affecting its people - especially women," Yusuf said.
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