Learn about Congo 🇨🇩 We cannot , after finding out so shamefully late about the genocide, continue as per. We have to change our choices and make the effort to be as ethical as we can and talk about this!
i’m not seeing a lot of news or updates on the Congo, so i wanna remind y’all that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing genocide from western imperialism and big tech companies. over 6 million people have been killed, many of them children, in order to mine the cobalt needed to create parts for computers and smart phones. people have been trapped in collapsed mines and have died. people are facing starvation. imperialism is killing the Congolese and i want more people to take notice about it, talk about it, and help liberate the Congolese people from western imperialism and consumerism.
and i say this as a white westerner who benefits from this imperialism, much as i wish i didn’t. don’t buy the newest tech or phone or whatever. as i said before; no amount of technology is ever worth a human life. boycott tech companies and help the Congo.
tw: rape, sexual assault, violence on women & children
"SAVING THE WOMEN OF CONGO!
"Congolese women are paying a terrible price for the conflict in eastern DRC. Those who escape the violence are often forced to find shelter in makeshift tent camps, without proper facilities or security - where they face a high risk of sexual assault." from African Stream, 26/Mar/2024:
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Many have children in their care and seek work outside the camps, including in dangerous cobalt mines. This has also left them vulnerable to militants who abduct and rape.
Children are also subjected to sexual abuse, with stigma and unwanted pregnancies making the trauma even harder to bear.
According to a UNICEF report, the rise in sexual violence in Congo went up by 37% in the first three months of 2023, compared with the year before.
The systematic use of rape as a weapon of war has been labeled a “medical and humanitarian emergency,” as aid groups struggle to provide adequate health and psychological services to affected women and children.