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“If ever there was a film that ought to be required viewing for the readers of Bitch, it would be Lisa F Jackson’s 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo.'”
– Lisa Moricoli-Latham, Bitch Magazine, April 9th, 2008

Actions You Can Take

 

WRITE to your CONGRESSMAN, and ask him/her to support:

1. S. 3058 IS: Conflict Coltran and Cassiterite Act of 2008. (Sen. Brownback & Durbin); http://thomas.loc.gov/

2. H. RES. 1227: Condemning Sexual Violence in the D.R.C. and Calling on the International Community to take immediate action to respond to the violence. (Rep. Maloney & Miller); http://thomas.loc.gov/

SIGN the petition to pass The International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA-S. 2279, HR 5927)

CHALLENGE the media with letters to the editor, and the International Criminal Court to prosecute more aggressively the perpetrators