Lauren Auton, 10/30/09, 2:24 PM
This article talked about how there is going to now be a new agency under the United Nations that will focus on women's issues. Four agencies and offices already in place will be combined to make this the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM. The addition of this new agency comes at just the right time because of all the publicity that violence against women is getting right now. Nicole Kidman had gone before the House asking that they help with the issue by making it a priority. Hillary Clinton too has tried to help with this issue by promising money from the United States, seventeen million dollars, to help combat sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I really was glad that I found this article, especially after watching the video "Rape in the Congo" in class a while back. Once you see how real the sexual violence really is and you are able to see how it really effects actual people, you cannot help but want something to be done about it. There was also mention of a woman in this article who was a victim herself. She had been attacked by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just as women from the video. They raped her in front of her sons, took her clothes, and then burned her house down. And the saddest part about her story is that she is now too embarrassed to even go back. But hopefully with all of the publicity that violence against women has been getting lately, there will be less stories like hers.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-10-23-voa2.cfm
1 comment:
I agree with your opinion on this article, ultimately its so sad what these women have to go through, they are raped and then are too embarrassed to return to their regular life. Hopefully relief will soon come to these women.
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