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The V-DAY and UNICEF* global campaign STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: POWER TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
is a global campaign to call attention to the wide-scale atrocities committed against
women and girls in Eastern DRC and demand an end to the impunity with which
these crimes are committed.
By joining this campaign, you will be supporting Congolese women and men who
are demanding an end to rape.
STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: POWER TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO is:
women and girls in Eastern DRC and demand an end to the impunity with which
these crimes are committed.
By joining this campaign, you will be supporting Congolese women and men who
are demanding an end to rape.
STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: POWER TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO is:
- RAISING AWARENESS about the level of sexual violence in the DRC
- ADVOCATING for change on local, provincial, national and international levels
- PROVIDING SUPPORT to activists in the DRC and around the globe who are working to end the atrocities and change perceptions about sexual violence
- CREATING the City of Joy in Bukavu-a project of Panzi Hospital in partnership with V-Day and UNICEF. V-Day is helping to build this leadership development center that will be a refuge for healed women survivors of rape and torture, providing them with educational and income-generating opportunities, activism training and leadership skills.
- CHANGE THE STORY OF WOMEN, visit vday.org/drc to:
EDUCATE yourself and others
SUPPORT women on the ground as they rebuild Congo and turn pain to power, donate to our campaign and help build City of Joy
SIGN UP to host a Congo Teach-In in your school or community
WRITE to Government officials and Representatives
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* Representing UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT , let the women of the Congo hear you, speak out against this violence, send your message of hope, empowerment, change and victory.
CHANGING THE STORY
Join V-Day’s global campaign STOP RAPING OUR GREATEST RESOURCE: POWER TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF DRC and bring much needed attention to the needs of Congolese women and girls.
The atrocities being perpetrated against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo are nothing less than a femicide.
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