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Project Congo
From the glamour and rarity of diamonds to the common cell phone, African resources flow out of the country through multi-national funnels. This heinous mechanism benefits foreign interests and, meanwhile, guts the local economy. This project raises awareness about sexual violence in the CONGO and connecting unbridled brutality to externalized controls.
Visit WILPF's Project Congo page for more information.
Trudy Orris Media Fund
As part of the Trudy Orris Media Fund Film Series, WILPF NY Metro is screening two films about the plight of Congo, "The Greatest Silence" and "Lumo" are the films we are highlighting currently.
Check out the official site for The Greatest Silence.
Check out the official site for Lumo
Read more about this fantastic film series.
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Background
Since its independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo) formerly known as Zaire, has been a hotbed of violence and conflict. Straddling the equator, the central African country has a tropical and humid climate. The Congo is surrounded by the countries of Angola, Zambia, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.
The Congo’s population, which is 56 million, comprises more than 200 ethnic groups. An estimated 65 percent of the population can read and write in French, the official language. The proportion of people who have entered primary school has decreased steadily since the wars began in 1993.
FILM SCREENING - "Lumo"
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
"Lumo"
Lumo, tells the story of a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and possibly sterile.
Bloomingdale Public Library
150 West 100th Street
Between Columbus & Amsterdam
Film begins at 2:00 PM
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Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army.
This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict.
FILM SCREENING - "Lumo"
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
"Lumo"
Lumo, tells the story of a twenty year old woman whose fiancé and family rejected her after she was raped by marauding soldiers and left incontinent and possibly sterile.
Schomburg Research Library
135th and Lenox Avenue
Film begins at 6:00 PM
In the American Negro Theatre
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Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army.
This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict.
FILM SCREENING - "The Greatest Silence"
YOU ARE INVITED to view this films shot in the war zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Schomburg Research Library
135th and Lenox Avenue
Film begins at 6:00 PM
In the American Negro Theatre
............................
Since 1998 a brutal war has ravaged the Congo, killing over 4 million people and resulting in tens of thousands of women and girls being raped and mutilated by soldiers from neighboring militias and the Congolese army.
This is Hi-Tech genocide. The Congo is rich in natural resources, diamonds, gold, plutonium and iron, etc. Eighty percent of the world’s coltan is in the Congo which is used in cell phones, laptops and other high-tech products. The war is being fought by armed militias sponsored by multinational corporations and foreign countries, including the U.S., They want to control the land and exploit these natural, precious resources. While women are being raped as a weapon of war, Congolese men are either killed or forced to join the conflict.
New Orleans VDay 087
after our symbolic demonstration at the entrance of the floor of the arena, lines of people come up to hug us and show solidarit
REPORT BACK - from the WILPF Delegation to V-Day
A report back from the delegation to the V-Day to the 10th event in New Orleans, held April 11 - 13, 2008.
At the Cap 21 Studios.
David V. Goliath - WILPF co-sponsored event with PANY
Co-sponsored with Peace Action New York
WILPF NY Metro Delegation to V-Day event in NOLA
A delegation of WILPF'ers from NY Metro WILPF will be in New Orleans for the V-Day to the 10th event at the Superdome.
REPORT FROM NOLA - V-DAY Delegation report back
APRIL 24, 2008
The delegation from the WILPF NY Metro Branch who went to the V-Day to the 10th event in New Orleans, LA will be reporting their experiences to WILPF membership and others at
CAP 21 Studios.
Details to be posted.
FILM SCREENING - "The Greatest Silence"
The WILPF NY Metro Branch is promoting the screening of the film "The Greatest Silence" at the New School.
