Rapes in the DRC traced to competition for wealth from both minerals and arms

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Length: 0:28:47
Uploaded: 24 Oct, 2010

Recording Date: 24 Oct, 2010
Recording Location: 3CR Radio, Melbourne, Australia; WINGS, Vancouver BC
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Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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WINGS #26-10 Small Arms & Congo Violence by wings.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at womenontheline.org.au.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at womenontheline.org.au.

Program Title: WINGS #26-10 Small Arms & Congo Violence
Description: As of 2008, there were already an estimated 640 million small arms circulating globally - around 100 million in Africa. These numbers are escalating due to privatization of the arms trade. Small arms are the tools for the still-unchecked rape and exploitation of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere.

Host(s): Rachel O’Connell.
Featured Speakers/Guests: Marie-Claire Faray-Kele, a research scientist and spokesperson for Common Cause UK, a platform for Congolese women; Dr Sue Wareham, president of Australia's Medical Association for the Prevention of War.

Credits: Produced by Rachel O'Connell for Women on the Line; update for WINGS by Frieda Werden.

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