Michael J. Kavanagh and Taylor Krauss reported on the crisis in eastern Congo for Worldfocus: Rape as a weapon of war in DR Congo. Here, they highlight efforts to rehabilitate rape victims and their families in eastern Congo, presenting a short video about the ventures of one counseling organization.
For a 14-year period ending in 2003, Liberia struggled with a brutal civil war, a crippled economy and not much hope. That was until a women's movement started to take hold -- a movement that helped to drive a dictator from power and gave women the kind of opportunities they could never have dreamed of.
