They say
that education is key. Education is the
key to knowledge, growth and understanding; but what happens when there is an
inequality among education? Can
education help reduce the crime and rape among women in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo?
Mr. Mukwege, stressed that these
“violent roots of wartime rape lie in the gender inequalities” and “education
is need to eradicate these inequalities.”
There has been years of war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
or DRC. These years of war have brought
many tragedies, big and small, yet the greatest of these tragedies is rape
among women. Democratic Republic on
Congo has been labeled and named the “rape capital of the world.” Rape has gotten so extreme that an estimated forty-eight
women were raped and killed every hour, whether it be from militiamen or the
Congolese soldiers. This rampant sexual
and gender based violence has created a displacement crisis, with nearly 2.7
million Congolese being displaced within their country , and one million
uprooted just last year alone. Dr. Denis
Mukwege is a renowned Congolese physician and human right advocate, and he
fights for the 30,000 women he has performed surgery on due to rape. Dr. Mukwege argues that this type of violence
cannot be fixed without addressing the huge gender inequalities and educating
all the citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr. Mukwege stated that they have “probably
one of the best laws in the world that was written in 2006 to protect women.
But how many women know about this law?
How many men know about this law?
Actually, it’s no only a question of them know it, but the
application.”
Education is key here. Education has always been key but it is all
about application as Dr. Mukwege stated.
Everyone should be given the right to an education so that they can
apply their knowledge and understanding to benefit themselves and those around
them. Inequalities, whether it be
gender, sex, economic or education, cannot be fixed if there aren’t those using
what they know and applying it. There
should not be one more woman raped or killed due to inequality.
Hannah Bay Snider
11/14/13
9:25 am
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/africa-in-focus/posts/2013/11/12-sexual-gender-based-violence-congo-bradley
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