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Rape in International Conflict

By Corey Rayburnyung

Stories like this are far too common, but CNN recently covered the ongoing sexual violence in the Congo:Eve Ensler can't find the right words to describe what she's seen and heard."Obscene. Horrible. Out of control...." The activist tosses out a cluster of angry words, trying to describe what is, in some ways, indescribable.She talks about a woman being gang-raped by 15 soldiers. Some violated with sticks and knives. Cannibalism. She has returned from 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."It's 'femicide,' " Ensler says, using another word to describe the treatment of Congolese women. "It's the systematic destruction of women...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).