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Healing Streams in the DR Congo

At Healing Streams we are passionate about healing from the trauma of gender-based violence for the women and girl children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In DR Congo rape impacts a whole community because women are the producers of food and the caregivers for the family. While many women & men are working to change this attitude, the number one response to a raped woman in DR Congo is rejection. This rejection tears at the very core of the community.  Join us in bringing hope and healing through training of trainers, advocacy, and support in partnership with local Congolese organizations and churches.
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The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. Healing Streams is participating in the 16 Days through an email and website campaign.

This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

The 16 Days Campaign has been used as an organizing strategy by individuals and groups around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of violence against women by:raising awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels, strengthening local work around violence against women establishing a clear link between local and international work to end violence against women
providing a forum in which organizers can develop and share new and effective strategies demonstrating the solidarity of women around the world organizing against violence against women creating tools to pressure governments to implement promises made to eliminate violence against women.

Over 2,000 organizations in approximately 156 countries have participated in the 16 Days Campaign since 1991!
 
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