Recently the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton made a visit to Eastern Congo in South Africa. Hillary Clinton is the first top-level American to visit Congo, says Robyn Dixon.
Hillary Clinton met with people who are the most powerless in Congo, women. During Hilary’s visit many people were surprised by the way that Hilary reacted to the many rape story’s that she heard there. There have been many rape cases in the past 13 years in Congo, approximately 200,000!! In Congo rape is used as a torturing method that is used not only on women, but also in girl. Lately men and boys are also being sexually assaulted. These people are brutally raped and end up in the hospital. An example of a woman who was brutally raped is a woman who was pregnant and lost her baby because she was raped. I do not believe that women in Congo should be suffering like this. Hillary Clinton was touched by all the stories she heard and has promised to help them out. Hillary Clinton has also inspired hope to them. They hope that Hillary Clinton will help resolve this issue and I am also hoping that she can help make a difference in Congo because this issue has remained unresolved for so many years and it is time that someone makes a difference, so that women in Congo can once again live in peace.
Why are people tortured like this? There are people in Congo who are taking their raw materials away, and Metal is one of them. Unfortunately, most of don’t know that we are helping out those who are torturing people in Congo by buying electronics and in doing so we are helping them become more powerful and women more powerless. I really hope that Hillary can make more people aware of what is going on in Congo, so that more people can try to help out women in Congo.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-clinton-africa17-2009aug17,0,962503.story
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