Board Member Diana Buckhantz has another article about her latest trip to Congo featured in Ms. Magazine. Here is an excerpt:
When I am in Congo, I am always struck by how hard the women work. We see women walking miles, up and down the mountains carrying enormous, heavy loads on backs and heads. Women struggling to support their families after their villages or their own bodies have been mutilated by war. They are amazing, resilient, dynamic women — women in all stages of life and with different educational and financial opportunities. They are united by a common determination to seek a better life for themselves, their children, and their country. It is not an accident that the Congo militias target women: If you destroy the women, you destroy the heart and soul of the community.
