Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Femicide


The word Ensler, author of "The Vaginia Monologues", attributes to the 10-year war "fought on the bodies of women" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "where thousands of women and girls have been systematically raped during a 10-year war that some say has cost more lives than any other war since World War II."

How has this happened and what accounts for the world's mute response?

Read the article Woman: 'They wanted to destroy my body and spirit' to learn more.