Blog # 12

I took Gender and War last semester in the Spring and the class opened my eyes to so many things. The thing that really set me off was women being raped as a tool of war. We had to find a report that an organization has done and my report was over women being raped as a tool of war over in Rwanda. The report exposed so much of what was going on and young girls were being raped. There was a story of how the military made a father rape his own daughter. There were several reports of women being raped by multiple amounts of men at the same time. Our teacher was telling us that some of the soldiers would stick their gun up women and pull the trigger which would completely mutilate the women's genitals. Our teacher talked about how women over there do not get the help they need because they can only take a certain amount of women. One of the organizations that I find unbelievable is Amnesty International. Their motto is "Action for Human Rights. Hope for Humanity." They do everything in their power to help people who's human rights have been violated. I respect this organization because they do everything in their power to help those in need. Let's face it, people in other countries do not have the right to a lot of things and their voices are never heard. It's disheartening to me and I love reading the reports that Amnesty International posts because it exposes what it is going on in the world and opens our eyes to reality. I hope to one day work for Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch because my heart and passion is to help women who are being raped as a tool of war. This subject truly touches my heart and hits home. I would like to go over into Rwanda and help these women with their rights as humans and help them deal with the horrible issues that are over there. My passion is to help people and I'm so glad that I took Gender and War because it has opened my eyes to a world that's dark and I hope to shed some light on the situation. 

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