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Christine Schuler Deschryver Appears on Democracy Now Talking About Sexual Terrorism & Africa's Forgotten War

Democratic Republic of Congo

10/08/2007

Appearing on Democracy Now this morning, Christine Schuler Deschryver describes how women continue to be the victims of "sexual terrorism" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country beset by war that has already killed over 4 million people. John Homes, the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, called the sexual violence in the Congo “the worst in the world.”

To stream the show please visit http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340255.

To read Eve Ensler’s GLAMOUR magazine article on her May trip to Eastern Congo, “Women Left for Dead, and The Man Who Is Saving Them”, visit
http://www.glamour.com/news/articles/2007/08/reallifedrama

To read about V-Day and UNICEF campaign – Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource – visit http://www.vday.org/drcongo