Video: Back from Congo, Eve Ensler Talks Survival and Solidarity
Human rights champion and iconic author of the "Vagina Monologues," Eve Ensler, made her first on-screen appearance on PBS’s Tavis Smiley last week since her successful battle with cancer. Ensler, who is a symbol of hope and empowerment for women worldwide, spoke of her long-standing work to cast a spotlight on the brutal impact of war and sexual violence on the women and girls of eastern Congo ...
Face to Face with the World’s Most Brutal Conflict
Lynn Nottage’s Ruined casts a much-needed spotlight on one of the world’s deadliest wars since World War II. Eastern Congo is home to vast mineral wealth, but it is also currently one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman ...
BET Honors Supermodel and Congo Advocate Iman with Service Award
The Enough Project congratulates humanitarian, women’s rights champion, and international fashion icon Iman for being honored with the BET Service Award this year ...
Ending Impunity for Sexual Violence: Will the Fizi Trials Deliver Justice?
The trial of 11 Congolese soldiers, those accused of raping dozens of women in the town of Fizi, South Kivu on New Year’s Day, is an encouraging first step in ending impunity for sexual violence in eastern Congo ...
City of Joy: Empowering Congo’s Women as Leaders
Many Congolese women were given a new ray of hope while commemorating the opening of City of Joy, a center in Bukavu, South Kivu province, where survivors of sexual violence can reignite their spirits and gain skills equipping them to become leaders in their communities ...
Actor Ryan Gosling Previews Original Footage from Congo on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last December actor and human rights advocate Ryan Gosling traveled with Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast and Enough field analyst Fidel Bafilemba to eastern Congo. Get a sneak peek of some of Ryan’s original footage and hear him talk about his trip to the Congo on Jimmy Kimmel Live ...
Women, Peace, & Security: What Needs to be Done for Congo
D.C. was bustling with a series of events commemorating the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security. It is hard these days to think of those words "women-peace-security" and not have your mind flash to the conflict in eastern Congo ...
Reflections on a Visit to Eastern Congo
One clear recollection I have is how not a single person I met or spoke with was unaffected by the conflict – it is pervasive and touches everyone ...
Major Opportunity for Congo
Thanks to our supporters raising their passionate voices and taking action over the past year, the direct links between brutal campaigns of violence and the thirst for control over eastern Congo’s lucrative minerals are now widely recognized ...