Ethics

Silence is the Enemy: Rape in Africa

By Ed Brayton

This column by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times has sparked outrage and a need for action to combat the use of rape as tool of terror in many hot spots in Africa. What he reports is tragic and appalling. And after reading this, please go to the end for information on what you can do to help:

In modern times, we've seen mass rape as an element of warfare in Congo, Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia -- but the lesson here in Liberia in West Africa is that even when the fighting ends, the rape continues. And that brings us to Jackie, a lovely 7-year-old with tight braids and watchful eyes.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).