As women’s history month comes to a close, we are encouraged to
reflect back on the inspirational women of the past. I am
writing this blog because I want to focus on the inspirational
women of the present, and what we can do as women, as activists,
or just as people with compassion– as people who care about
human rights. The American Journal of Public Health reported
last May that roughly 1.8 million women were reported to have
been raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2007, and
about 400,000 had been raped in the last year alone. That’s
approximately 1,152 women being raped every day, 48 every hour,
four women every five minutes. These numbers are disturbing. In
the wake of Kony 2012 there has been much debate over what
positive activism looks like, particularly in this region of
central Africa. Personally, I think the very fact that Invisible
Children has sparked such a debate is a good thing. This should
be an opportunity for us to have a continual dialogue, because
there is never a short and