A Celebration and a Call to Action: 20 Years of V-Day
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“We need to let the people who are the most marginalized take the lead and have their backs, because they know how to get where we are going and we don’t.”
Arts & Culture
Eve Ensler’s Calls to Congo Lift Cancer’s Darkness
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While undergoing treatment for uterine cancer, Eve Ensler keeps her spirit and ties to the Democratic Republic of Congo alive through Mama C, head of the City of Joy women’s center, she says in this excerpt from her book “In the Body of the World.”
Crime & Law
‘City of Joy’ Celebrates Survival, Love and Funding
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Valentine’s Day came early for Jurate Kazickas at a celebration in early February in the Democratic Republic of Congo marking the opening of the City of Joy, a recovery sanctuary for rape survivors. Eve Ensler was radiant at the center of it all.
Congo
V-Day Spotlights Congolese Women Torn by War
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For its 11th year, V-Day is focusing on women in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo whose bodies have been torn apart by armed men’s sexual violence. Beneficiaries include Panza Hospital and UNICEF.