Ending Sexual Violence in the DRC - STEPHEN LEWIS, EVE ENSLER, & DR. DENIS MUKWEGE [SOLD OUT]

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Ending Sexual Violence
in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo

An Evening with
Stephen Lewis,
Eve Ensler, &
Dr. Denis Mukwege,
with host
Anna Maria Tremonti
of CBC Radio's The Current

Presented by SAFER &
the Stephen Lewis Foundation

November 28
FRIDAY
7:30pm

Convocation Hall

Map to Convocation Hall

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Tickets
$25 adult
$20 student & senior
general admission

Group Rates (for 10 or more people)
$21 adult
$17 student & senior
Group tickets are available at the UofTtix Box Office, either in person or by phone ((416) 978-8849).

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The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been described by senior United Nations officials as the worst place in the world for women. “Terrible, unspeakable things are being done to women in the Congo. They live in fear of being violated, tortured, mutilated, and infected with HIV” says Stephen Lewis, Chair of the The Stephen Lewis Foundation and former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Despite such atrocity, local success stories are emerging. Join Stephen Lewis, Eve Ensler, and Dr Denis Mukwege, founder and Director of the Panzi Hospital of Bukavu, DRC, as they discuss sexual violence in the DRC and how the Panzi Hospital – which specializes in the obstetric and gynecological consequences of sexual violence and has treated some 15,000 women and girls since 1999 – has become a refuge for the female survivors of war.

Since 2005, SAFER (Social Aid for the Elimination of Rape) has purchased and shipped $40,000 worth of crucial medical supplies to Panzi Hospital. And since November 2007, the Stephen Lewis Foundation has provided $650,000 to the DRC to help the Panzi Hospital establish an extensive HIV/AIDS testing and treatment programme and develop psychosocial support services for the staff and patients who live each day in the face of extreme trauma and suffering.


For more information about the situation in the DRC and the evening with Stephen Lewis and Dr Mukwege, visit www.saferworld.ca or www.stephenlewisfoundation.org.

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Ending Sexual Violence in the DRC - STEPHEN LEWIS, EVE ENSLER, & DR. DENIS MUKWEGE [SOLD OUT]

Convocation Hall
Fri Nov 28 2008, 7:30pm (SOLD OUT)


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