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By Patrice Nyembo

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Introductiony De cratic Repu lic f C ng

y Third largest c untry in Africa

y Rich in ineral wealth and res urces

y Situated in the heart f Africa

y Tr pical cli ate

yThe C ng River

y Vast rainf rests

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Aim

y St p the rape f w en in C ng (Kivu pr vince) thr ughthe use f the HIV virus as a weap n f war (pande ic)

y St p the a use f hu an rights

y Rest rati n f their self-estee and c nfidence and valuesy Reinstate their status as valued pillars f s ciety 

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Goaly St p hu an rights a use against w en in C ng

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Strategiesy Awareness and participati n fr the Australian

c unity  

y

Create awareness n a p litical levely Re inding the U f its resp nsi ility 

y Create alliances with ther c untries t unite as citizens f the w rld against the a use f w en

y St p the spread f the HIV virus thr ugh circulati n f inf r ati n fr the W rld Health Organisati n

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Role of women in society

y Pillar f the fa ily 

y Do domestic worky W ork outside the house on farms

y Looking after children (child rearing)

y Piv otal role in keeping family together

y Camara Laye (poet)

y Courage*Strength*Lo ve

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Population Bar Graph by US Census

y This census does not take into consideration the mass killings during the time of war 

where the casualties were much more than the Holocaust and many wars that the world

has fought so far. From the current time to 2050, the HIV viruses is destined to kill many

hundreds of thousands in Kivu province and in the whole of Congo but all those

predicted casualties are not provided for in the current census made by the US Census

Bureau.

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Vital Land Issue

y Land area in connection with the gro wth of populationin the future

Country Population

in 2007

(in

millions)

Population

by 2050

(in millions)

Land Area

(Sq. Km)

Population

Density

(per Sq. Km)

Size comparison of 

Congo to others

DR of 

Congo

64.6 183.1 2345410 28.4 --

Rwanda 9.9 25.1 26338 386.7 89.05 times

Burundi 8.4 22.8 27830 312.3 84.28 times

Uganda 30.3 128.1 236040 132.9 9.94 times

Australia 21.7 36 7686850 2.7 -0.30

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Causes

y War strategy ased on violence against women andchildren

Disempo wer women

y Political agenda

Mineral wealth (Coltan, Cobalt, Gold, Diamond)y Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

y Unconventional (secret) weapon

Lack of kno wledge of disease (HIV)

y CultureRejection of women in society after being raped

Masculinity 

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Impact on local familiesy W omen living in fear

y Stop doing regular chores e.g. Farm hand, watercollection, picking firewood

y

Reduced incomey Lack of f ood leading to malnutrition

y Dependence on aid in f orm of f ood from NGOs

y Spreading AIDS among family  members/local NGOs

and Peacekeepers etcy Refugee camp

y Family violence

Children born out of rape (Rejection, fatherless,

 witchcraft)

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Barrier to Services

y No medical support

yNo social support

y No family support

y No emotional support

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Current situationy Atrocities still continue

y Red Cross, Caritas, Oxfam,Medecins sans Frontieres

y Deserted villagesy Inv oluntary mass exodus b y 

Congolese

y Mass settlement b y Tutsis from Rwanda appro ved b y the UN

y 2 UN troops without effecty 2 3 UN workers

y W omen choosing death

o ver rape and humiliation

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Possible solutionsy Short term solutions

y Physical, mental, social and political support

y Surgery and counsellingy Long term solutions

y International community 

y Human rights

y Adv ocacy 

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How can you support the cause??

y  We are learning b y doing- arack Obama

y Joining us in adv ocating the cause

y Support through any skills y ou have

y Spread inf ormation of the plight of Congoy Form a local student committee f or current

inf ormation to f ollo w-up on

current activities with the

go vernment and the UN

y Start a blog f or quick

exchange of inf ormation

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Contact Informationy Patrice N yembo

y Website: http://congocommunityaustralia.webs.com

y The Congolese Community  of Australia

y3 The Horsley Drive, Fairfield

y Email: nyembo_1@hotmail.com