Resources about the Panzi Hospital and sexual violence in the DRC
PRESS KIT AND PRESS COVERAGE
Read the full press kit and press coverage of "Ending Sexual Violence in the DRC: An Evening with Stephen Lewis, Eve Ensler and Dr. Mukwege" hosted by SLF and SAFER on November 28th 2008:
- Press kit materials, in English and French
- "DR CONGO: Activists Slam World's "Grotesque Indifference,"" by Stephen Leahy. Inter Press Service News Agency, 3 December 2008
- "Rape now war strategy in Congo, doctor says," by Peter Goodspeed. National Post, 1 December 2008
- "Mass rapes in the Congo are ‘sexual terrorism,’ says doctor," by Barbara Kowalski. The Varsity, 1 December 2008.
- "A battle cry for rape victims," by Debra Black. The Toronto Star, 29 November 2008
- "Former UN Envoy and Playwright Team Up Against Rape, AIDS in DRC," by Joe DeCapua. Voice of America, 28 November 2008
FURTHER READING ABOUT THE PANZI HOSPITAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE DRC
- "Where repairing rape damage is an expertise," by Stephanie Nolen. The Globe & Mail, 22 October 2008
- Press kit for SLF press conference on violence against women and HIV/AIDS, Toronto, 9 June 2008
- Remarks by Stephen Lewis, delivered at the 10th Annual V-Day Celebrations, New Orleans, LA, 12 April 2008
- Dr. Mukwege's testimony to the United States Senate: Committee of the Judiciary hearings on rape as a weapon of war, 1 April 2008.
- “The War that Never Ends,” by Paula Donovan. Aids-Free World, 24 February 2008.
- Stephen Lewis’ statement on sexual violence in the eastern region of DRC (delivered at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya on 13 September 2007).
- “Women left for dead — and the man who’s saving them,” by Eve Ensler. Glamour magazine, August 2007. www.glamour.com/news/articles/2007/08/reallifedrama
- “The War on Women,” by Stephanie Nolen. Ms. Magazine. Spring 2005. www.stephanienolen.com/dispatches/drc_women.htm
- “Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War,” by Jeffrey Gettleman. New York Times. 7 October 2007. www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html