Congo Rape Update | US Business Will Certify Dealings In 'Conflict Minerals'

We have good news and bad news about the rape of women in the Congo. The devastating news is that over 150 women were gang-raped in the village of Ruvungi, in North Kivu by members of the FDLR, known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. The women were raped in front of children and family by two to six men, in what represents an alarming escalation in using the rape of women as weapons of war.

Researching this event, we learned that US Secy of State Hillary Clinton has successfully inserted language into Section 1502 of the financial reform bill to hold companies accountable for their dealings in ‘conflict minerals’ in the Congo. By Christmas Clinton will produce public maps of the conflict zones, trade routes in and out of the Congo’s mineral sites, and American companies doing business in the area. American companies will be required to certify their dealings in ‘conflict minerals’.