The Men Who Killed Me

• News & Events

  Posted on January 10th, 2010

  Written by Sandra

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  post-genocide, United Nations

  U.N. General Assembly calls for action to assist Rwandan survivors

  

  Recognizing the numerous difficulties faced by survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide — particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence, many of whom had contracted HIV or since died of AIDS — the General Assembly adopted a resolution requesting the Secretary-General to encourage relevant U.N. agencies, funds and programmes to provide assistance in the areas of education, medical care, skills training and microcredit programmes aimed at promoting self-sufficiency.

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  Posted on October 31st, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  rape, United Nations

  Security Council adopts resolution on sexual violence in armed conflict

  

  On 30 September 2009, the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1888, which demands that all parties to armed conflict take immediate action to protect civilians, including women and children, from all forms of sexual violence, and urges greater measures by States and U.N. entities to combat this scourge.

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  Posted on August 13th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  sexual violence, UN Resolution 1820, United Nations

  U.N. urges tougher steps to end sexual violence in conflict

  

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that the systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon, mainly against women, is rife in armed conflicts in Africa, Asia and Europe, and called for States to strengthen prevention and protection measures against the crime.

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  Posted on July 7th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  Congo, Eve Ensler, United Nations

  Op Ed from Eve Ensler: A Broken U.N. Promise in Congo (Washington Post)

  

  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to report to the Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 1820. What will we learn? A year after adopting the resolution, Congo remains the worst place on the planet to be a woman. Over 12 years, in a regional economic war for resources, hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped and tortured, their bodies destroyed by unimaginable acts. The Security Council’s implementation of Resolution 1820 in Congo — the very place that inspired it — has been an utter failure.

• News & Events

  Posted on April 15th, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  Congo, human rights watch, rape, United Nations

  Human Rights Watch Reports on Recent Rape in the Congo

  

  Rwandan rebel forces, government army soldiers, and their allies have raped at least 90 women and girls since late January 2009 in the volatile North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Human Rights Watch.

• News & Events

  Posted on January 23rd, 2009

  Written by Sandra

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  Add new tag, assistance, peace talks, Stephen Lewis, United Nations

  No funding for peace talks unless women are at the table

  

  Stephen Lewis, who penned the foreword for The Men Who Killed Me, speaks at the 10th annual Policy Forum of The Institute for Inclusive Security in Washington, DC, about the need for women’s participation at peace talks.

• News & Events

  Posted on December 1st, 2008

  Written by Samer

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  Congo, DRC, Eve Ensler, genocide, rape, Stephen Lewis, Toronto, United Nations, V-Day

  Stephen Lewis and Eve Ensler in Toronto

  

  Our book partners, Stephen Lewis and Eve Ensler, were in Toronto last week speaking about the horrific sexual violence afflicting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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• “Graphically, and without doubt, this book makes the case that rape is no lesser a crime than murder.”

  Lieutenant-General the Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire (ret.), Senator
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