Women in congo speak out
Here’s a story from the New York Times that’s very much worth reading. I am heartened – though there’s still a long, long way to go – that survivors of the worst form of sexual brutality are speaking out. It’s a shame that it took international intervention to enable the victims to learn to deal with the stigma and shame. I don’t know what it is about third world cultures, including ours, which lets men get away with this kind of violence against women, quietly, silently, assenting …
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/world/africa/18congo.html
here’s to hearing bells of change in India.
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