As those of you who frequent my blog know, I am on a mission to raise awareness about the sexual violence and femicide in the DRC and elsewhere in the world. My first piece on it can be found here. I wrote it after reading Stephanie Nolen's article about the women of the DRC being re-raped. I believe now as I did then, this is not a women's issue, it is a human issue. This isn't about charity, this is about an emergency.
Producing A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer was the start, not the end. There is so much more work to be done. These girls and women who are being raped at the rate of 1,100 a month are our sisters, our nieces, our mothers, our aunts and our grandmothers. We must stand in solidarity with them and be the voice for those who have been silenced.
Please read this great blog post at The Intersection and help get the word out.
It is time for us to end the silence, once and for all.
2 comments:
A Rage Against The Machine quote sprang to mind when I read this post:
"Silence
Something about silence makes me sick
'Cause silence can be violent
Sorta like a slit wrist
Some speak the sounds
But speak in silent voices
Like radio is silent
Though it fills the air with noises
Its transmissions bring submission
As ya mold to the unreal
- RATM, "Fistful of Steel"
I apologise, but, in my opinion, you are mistaken. professional ciallis cheapest I have a nice joke for you people! :) What goes black and white, black and white, black and white, boom? A nun falling down the stairs.
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