Clinton demands an end to Congos rape epidemic

Clinton demands an end to Congos rape epidemic * Years after war, rape still endemic in Liberia * Congos crisis continues; mass rapes and scarce resources * Clinton must call for an end to Congos media censorship * Global communities mark International Womens Day * Rape as a weapon of war in DR Congo * Rehabilitating rape victims and families in Congo * Pirates overshadow humanitarian crisis in Somalia * Congos women mutilated, children sent into battle * Week in review: Hillary Clinton in Africa, Bill in North Korea * Clinton pledges support for Somalias weak government

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country with vast natural resources that for years has been plagued by civil war and sexual violence.

Clinton visited a clinic and a large refugee camp in the eastern town of Goma, where she pledged $17 million to deal with sexual abuse.

Severinne Autesserre, an assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the conflict in Congo and how the countrys government and people will respond to Clintons message.

http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/08/11/clinton-demands-an-end-to-congos-rape-e...

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News & Politics

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• Congo
• Crisis In Congo
• gender
• Hillary Clinton
• rape
• Severinne Autesserre
• violence

[stanleythughes]

Great- Will she ask her husband to stop too!!!

[TheCongoWasRobbed]

Why did they not tell people how companies are becoming rich off the war.

[VictoryCough]

The US should do nothing more than set an example by trying to prevent rape here in the US. A good example is by the way we prosecuted the marines a few years back.

[doston1]

nice shitty video that doesn't work