60 Minutes ran a profile last night on the mineral wars in the DRC and how it is the key contributor to the mass rape of women and girls. The DRC is ground zero for sexual assault on this planet and it has been going on for 12 years.
Watch here
If you are interested in ensuring the jewelery you buy is conflict free - specifically gold - you know that Tiffany's is the only jeweler in the U.S. that sources its gold all the way back to the mine. The others are less concerned where the gold is coming from and more concerned with how much they can sell it for - regardless of the cost whole communities have paid already.
30 November 2009
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Some in the jewelry industry comment on news about the story. Not as compassionate as you might think.
http://tiny.cc/6lJGW
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