SPECIAL ABOUT DR DENIS MUKWEGE (Democatic Republic Congo)

This is part 2 which will take you on his hazardous but still immensily heroic journey but of which dr. Mukwege said: <I did and do it for the women.> from 31 Oct 2021 'till 5 Oct 2013
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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali

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De Volkskrant
31 Oct 2021
Opinion
By Carlijne Vos
<<Consumer can reject rape as a weapon of war and say no to conflict mobile.
Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege's cry of despair about the rape virus in his country must be followed seriously. Rape as a weapon of war. Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege has been fighting this horrific form of oppression for more than 20 years. In 2018 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work, now he is once again drawing attention to the 'rape virus' in his country with his book The Power of Women, which was published last week.
At his clinic in eastern Congo, Mukwege and his team have already treated more than 70,000 women and girls – probably the tip of the iceberg. He helps victims with reparative surgeries when their vaginas have been destroyed, helps them accept their babies as a result of rape, and process the trauma. It seems a hopeless battle, he said in an interview with the Volkskrant on Saturday. After 25 years of civil war and impunity, nothing has improved. Kukwege's cry for help deserves support and cries out for action. For too long companies and consumers have turned a blind eye to the abuses that take place at the end of production chains, mostly in poor countries, 'far-from-our-bed-show'. The violence in Congo revolves around access to the country's unique minerals, including cobalt and coltan, which are indispensable for the production of our smartphones and batteries for electric cars or windmills. The rape violence is part of a strategy to perpetuate the lawlessness in the country with which armed militias, paid for by interested politicians and businessmen, try to gain access to those mineral resources. Attempts to stop the violence with a UN force have been unsuccessful. Only when customers – companies and consumers – completely distance themselves from this shadowy and horrific war on raw materials will things change. That is why much stricter legislation is needed that forces companies to account for the origin of raw materials. To prevent conflict minerals from being 'laundered' through neighboring countries, brokers or shady financial constructions, production chains must become completely transparent. Companies naturally have an interest in maintaining the fog and will do everything they can to combat stricter – for them costly and business-disruptive – legislation and regulations. It is therefore up to the consumer to force companies to be transparent and accountable.
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/consument-kan-verkrachting-als-oorlogswapen-afwijzen-en-nee-zeggen-tegen-conflictmobieltje~bed74a9f/
Part of the article (quote) have been translated from Dutch to English by Gino d'Artali

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