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Stop the War on Women in Congo
Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Care2.com
Sponsored by: Care2.com
There's a war raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- a war that's killed approximately 5.4 million people since 1998. In fact, it's the deadliest conflict since World War II. And the most frequent targets in this hidden war are women, so much so that it's often called a "war against women."
And the most frequent weapon used to destroy them, their families and their communities is rape.
Tens of thousands of women and girls have been and continue to be victims of systematic rape and sexual assault. Rape is used deliberately and strategically to terrorize, humiliate and attack the community bonds of those suspected of supporting an enemy group and to impose the supremacy of one group over another.
The situation is intolerable, and something must be done! Act today to support H.Res. 1227 and call on the U.S. Administration to do more to stop the violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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# 6,885:
5:42 am PDT, Jul 5,
John Watts, United Kingdom
# 6,884:
8:09 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Kristy Missen, Australia
This behaviour is barbaric and is being tolerated by government and such authorities. In a region where authority needs to keep its residents safe and provide a healthy upbrining for their children this needs to stopped now! The physical and psychological damage being inflicted on women, children adn their families is gigantic. Somebody needs to protect those who are treated to this inhumane and degrading abuse.
This behaviour is barbaric and is being tolerated by government and such authorities. In a region where authority needs to keep its residents safe and provide a healthy upbrining for their children this needs to stopped now! The physical and psychological damage being inflicted on women, children adn their families is gigantic. Somebody needs to protect those who are treated to this inhumane and degrading abuse.
# 6,883:
4:07 pm PDT, Jun 30,
Halil Ege, Germany
# 6,882:
7:43 am PDT, Jun 29,
Cibelle Ruschel Guido, Brazil
# 6,881:
9:03 pm PDT, Jun 28,
Noelle Cruz, California
# 6,880:
7:25 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Janice Burnett, Australia
This is deliberate abuse of power over the vulnerable. It must be addressed and not be allowed to continue. Thank for alerting me to this crime, and hopefully this petition will lead to ceasing this act of cruelty
This is deliberate abuse of power over the vulnerable. It must be addressed and not be allowed to continue. Thank for alerting me to this crime, and hopefully this petition will lead to ceasing this act of cruelty
# 6,879:
7:13 am PDT, Jun 27,
Daile O'Connor, New Jersey
# 6,878:
1:52 pm PDT, Jun 24,
Claudia Ioannidou, Cyprus
# 6,877:
9:25 am PDT, Jun 23,
Stephanie Davis, Australia
# 6,876:
7:01 am PDT, Jun 23,
Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany
# 6,875:
8:34 pm PDT, Jun 21,
Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 6,874:
6:09 am PDT, Jun 21,
Chaz Gaily Berlusconi, South Africa
# 6,873:
7:49 am PDT, Jun 19,
Feona Willow, California
# 6,872:
6:40 am PDT, Jun 18,
Rebecca Fowler, Australia
Please help the women of the Congo
Please help the women of the Congo
# 6,871:
4:18 pm PDT, Jun 15,
Jane Rodriguez, Philippines
# 6,870:
5:52 am PDT, Jun 11,
Katarzyna Kanclerz, Poland
# 6,869:
11:45 am PDT, Jun 10,
Marie Ewing, Ohio
Imagine if one of these women were your mother, your sister, your daughter, your wife, your aunt, your granddaughter, or grandmother. Would you actually care then? Because these women and girls who are raped on a near daily basis are all of those things, too: mothers, sisters, wives, aunts, granddaughters, grandmothers, etc. This is inhumane and it needs to end. But first, you need to actually take the time to care about someone other than just yourself, for once.
Imagine if one of these women were your mother, your sister, your daughter, your wife, your aunt, your granddaughter, or grandmother. Would you actually care then? Because these women and girls who are raped on a near daily basis are all of those things, too: mothers, sisters, wives, aunts, granddaughters, grandmothers, etc. This is inhumane and it needs to end. But first, you need to actually take the time to care about someone other than just yourself, for once.
# 6,868:
4:31 am PDT, Jun 5,
Jo Liz Lehikoinen, Finland
# 6,867:
6:47 am PDT, Jun 4,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 6,866:
6:37 am PDT, Jun 4,
Name not displayed, Texas
It is inhuman and horrible that people are allowed to do this in any country and that we buy products that are distributed from these countries that do this. Please help stop the violence!
It is inhuman and horrible that people are allowed to do this in any country and that we buy products that are distributed from these countries that do this. Please help stop the violence!
# 6,865:
4:23 am PDT, Jun 4,
Anton Koifman, Israel
# 6,864:
9:53 pm PDT, Jun 3,
Angela Rex, California
After Rawanda we said: Never Again. What hollow words. Please help. Women and young girls are not disposable, our cellphones and computers should not have metals at such a cost.
After Rawanda we said: Never Again. What hollow words. Please help. Women and young girls are not disposable, our cellphones and computers should not have metals at such a cost.
# 6,863:
2:24 pm PDT, May 25,
Georgia Tsaganis johnson, Massachusetts
Please, please, please! Now, as if the rape of women and children isn't bad enough, toddlers and children who are suspected of "witchcraft" (?!) in the Congo are being tortured, beaten, and starved to death. How can any civilized person or nation with any sort of conscience not try to help? Please!
Please, please, please! Now, as if the rape of women and children isn't bad enough, toddlers and children who are suspected of "witchcraft" (?!) in the Congo are being tortured, beaten, and starved to death. How can any civilized person or nation with any sort of conscience not try to help? Please!
# 6,862:
5:53 pm PDT, May 24,
Andrea Augello, New York
# 6,861:
7:04 am PDT, May 22,
Agnes Tauvon, Sweden
# 6,860:
3:54 am PDT, May 20,
Yuni Tjan, Australia
# 6,859:
8:10 pm PDT, May 19,
Jacklyn Kolenda, California
# 6,858:
12:28 pm PDT, May 18,
Name not displayed, Norway
# 6,857:
12:24 pm PDT, May 18,
Dana Howard, Tennessee
Because no one should be abused
Because no one should be abused
# 6,856:
8:57 am PDT, May 18,
Elizabeth Strobel, South Dakota
Horrific crimes that no one should have to endure.
Horrific crimes that no one should have to endure.
# 6,855:
2:53 am PDT, May 17,
Anastasya Debbie, Indonesia
How could such a thing happened? It's surprising how humans could be so cruel to their own kinds...
How could such a thing happened? It's surprising how humans could be so cruel to their own kinds...
# 6,854:
9:29 pm PDT, May 16,
Timothy Sprengeler, Iowa
# 6,853:
5:21 pm PDT, May 15,
Diogo Silva, Brazil
# 6,852:
8:24 pm PDT, May 14,
Edita Hajdar, Minnesota
# 6,851:
2:28 pm PDT, May 8,
Charlotte Gillis, Florida