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 * Women, Stand Up and Stand Together**

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All over Africa, all over the //world//, women have been degraded, abused, used, and then killed. Many nations have come past that and now women play a vital role in the economy, politics, and society as a whole. But there are still those few places that are still stuck in this vicious cycle. Recently, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dubbed the Rape Capital of the world. What we need is for women to create a united front to stand up to this abuse. No longer are they to remain quiet, but only by speaking out can they even begin to move forward. It took a genocide in Rwanda for women to really be valued. Now they hold more than fifty percent of the seats in Parliament. It's not necessary for every country to go through a genocide in order to learn from our mistakes.


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