Women under the law of the gun - Congo

[dArKeR]

New York - Women in the Congo have suffered extensively during the country's five-year civil war, from massive rape and sexual violence that goes unpunished to the breakdown of family life, a UN adviser told a security council meeting.

"The law of the gun has devastated the condition of women," Amy Smythe, the adviser on gender issues to the UN peacekeeping force in Congo, told the council on Wednesday.

The civil war in Congo officially ended this year with the creation of a power-sharing government that includes rebel leaders. The vast central African nation's north and east remain volatile, however, with deadly attacks and ethnic fighting.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1437734,00.html

So when Junior just visited Africa did you bring them guns or condoms?

[bleedingheart]

1. I am not normally a violent person

but when I read about how women in these countries are abused, raped and how their children are stolen from them to fight in these horrid civil wars, I begin to think that perhaps we should give all these women some automatic weapons. When a band of thugs comes through to rape and pillage, they can defend themselves. Perhaps if enough thugs get murdered the rest will learn to stay away because they won't know if their next victim is packing a piece.