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CAMPAIGN UPDATE OCTOBER 2008

South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASS RAPES IN DRC

  • 45 rapes a day.
  • Shabunda Region of South Kivu: 70% of the female population have been raped.
  • 50% of women raped in the DRC are under 18 years old.

 
What will it take to see us as more than just numbers?

 

SCIAF's new campaign highlights the shocking scale of rape and sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and we need your help to call on the UK goverment to step up its efforts to end the horror and increase desperately needed care for survivors. 

 

The explosion in violent sexual assaults in the country is closely linked to a long-running conflict in the eastern region of the DRC which has involved Congolese forces, neighbouring countries including Rwanda, and over 20 independent militias. Rape is being used as a tool of war to humiliate and destroy communities.

TAKE ACTION!

Read Aimerance’s story   

 
 
 
 
 
Global Warming! 

Thousands of Global Warning! campaign postcards have been sent by SCIAF supporters to their MSPs, asking for a strong Scottish Climate Change Bill. Every MSP will have a role to play in shaping the Bill, so we must continue to make sure they know what the people who voted for them want!

Email your MSP now! 

 

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Energy and Climate Question Time.

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is holding a Question Time Event on Energy and Climate. This is your chance to grill politicians and experts about future energy policy in the UK and Scotland , and how to meet the challenges of climate change.

Chaired by Sunday Herald Environment Correspondent Rob Edwards, the full panel line-up will include MPs and MSPs from across the parties, and representatives from NGOs and the energy industry. www.stopclimatechaosscotland.org

Become a Partner for Justice.

 

SCIAF’s Partners for Justice Scheme is about to launch, and we are looking for groups and parishes from across Scotland to get involved. The scheme will focus on a different area of SCIAF’s work every year, beginning with SCIAF’s work with farmers in Brazil who have been forced from their land to make way for crops grown for fuel, leaving these communities without enough to eat.