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City of Joy Celebrates First Graduating Class!
2/2/12

Congolese Women Graduate From Inaugural Rape Survival Class
CNN
1/28/12

City of Joy, a Revolutionary Center for Women Survivors of Gender Violence, Celebrates First Graduating Class on January 28 in Bukavu, DRC
1/27/12

City of Joy Opening Ceremony
1/18/12

Update on City of Joy; Successes, Challenges, and Unexpected Outcomes
1/18/12

Charlize Theron: Hope in the Congo
The Huffington Post
4/13/11

City of Joy: New hope for Congo's brutalised women
The Guardian
4/9/11

City of Joy Opening Ceremony
4/7/11

NEW: Expanded Paula Allen Photo Gallery of City of Joy!
4/4/11

WATCH Eve on Tavis Smiley on Your Local PBS Station!
PBS
3/23/11

On International Women's Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights
The Nation
3/08/11

A Note From Eve: "For the Builders, the Planters, and the Refusers, on the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day"
The Huffington Post
03/08/11

Rape in the Congo: Pondering Life Beyond Our Fair City
Palo Alto Patch
03/07/11

WATCH EVE ON RIZ KHAN: "Rape: A Weapon of War"
Al Jazeera
03/02/11

Happy V-Day From Eve!
02/14/11

'City of Joy' Celebrates Survival, Love and Funding
Women's eNews
02/14/11

V-Day Celebrates the Opening of City of Joy
02/11/11

City of Joy Opening Ceremony Photo Gallery
02/09/11

Fighting Congo’s Ills With Education and an Army of Women
The New York Times
02/07/11

City of Joy to Hold Opening Celebration on February 4 in Bukavu, DRC
02/04/11

City of Joy
BBC
02/04/11

CITY OF JOY, a Revolutionary New Center for Congolese Women Survivors of Gender Violence to Hold Opening Celebration Friday - Saturday, Feb 4 & 5
01/31/11

Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Sean Dowdy Shares His Experiences At Panzi Hospital, DRC
12/01/10

READ Eve's Latest "Huffington Post" Article, "No More Rape"
11/23/10

Mayo Clinic Doctors Travel to Panzi Hospital and City of Joy Site in Bukavu, DRC for Medical Trainings and More
11/10/10

"The Gift of Cancer" - New Speech Given by Eve Ensler at The Women's Conference
Huffington Post
10/27/10

CNN - Congolese rape victims march against sexual violence
Big Think
10/17/10

CONGO IN HARLEM 2, October 8 - 23
10/07/10

Eve Ensler in New York Times: Frenzy of Rape in Congo Reveals U.N. Weakness
The New York Times
10/03/10

NYC ALERT: Join Eve & V-Day For A Congolese Peace Rally At The UN October 1!
09/28/10

U.N. Officials Say 500 Were Victims of Congo Rapes
The New York Times
09/07/10

U.N. Congo Report Offers New View on Genocide
The New York Times
08/27/10

U.S. financial reform bill also targets 'conflict minerals' from Congo
Washington Post
07/21/10

A Personal Message From Eve
06/14/10

Eve Ensler in The Guardian and Huffington Post - "Congo Cancer: My Cancer is Arbitrary. Congo's Atrocities are Very Deliberate"
The Guardian (UK)
06/12/10

TAKE ACTION! Help Strengthen Public Law 109-456
06/11/10

V-Day Joins UN, Amnesty International In Calling for Immediate Investigation Into The Death of Congolese Activist, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire
06/11/10

JOIN V-Day in NYC June 4th for Congo Rally
06/02/10

Congo Update: City of Joy and the Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource Campaign
05/17/10

V-Day Congo Director Continues to Bring The Vagina Monologues to the DRC
05/17/10

UPDATE: V-Day Congo Director Brings The Vagina Monologues to Goma, DRC
04/14/10

Charlize Theron: At What Point Does One Lose One's Humanity?
UN Chronicle
03/08/10

V-Day Wishes You a Happy International Women’s Day: Watch Our Brand New “Building the City of Joy” Video
03/08/10

City of Joy mentioned in Nicholas Kristof column "The Grotesque Vocabulary in Congo"
The New York Times
02/10/10

Read Eve's Latest Huffington Post Piece: "Ten Radical Acts for Congo in the New Year"
The Huffington Post
01/11/10

Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms, U.N. Finds
The New York Times
11/25/09

WATCH Eve on GRITtv with Laura Flanders Talking about Rape in Congo
GRITtv with Laura Flanders
10/21/09

Christine Schuler Deschryver, V-Day Congo Director, "Hillary’s Good Start"
Newsweek
10/12/09

Hillary Clinton's stop in Congo strikes a chord in Africa
Los Angeles Times
08/17/09

V-Day's Congo Director in meeting with Hillary Clinton in Congo - Read New York Times coverage
The New York Times
08/12/09

Clinton Describes Plan to Fight Sexual Violence in Congo
The New York Times
08/11/09

CAMPAIGN VICTORY! Clinton Presses Congo on Sexual Violence
The New York Times
08/10/09

Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims
The New York Times
08/05/09

One on One interview Eve Ensler with Riz Kahn - Part 1
One on One interview Eve Ensler with Riz Kahn - Part 2
Al Jazeera
07/09

“A Broken U.N. Promise In Congo” – Commentary by Eve Ensler
Washington Post
06/30/09

"An apathetic, greedy west has abandoned war-torn Congo" – Commentary by Eve Ensler
The Guardian (UK)
06/18/09

"Commentary by Eve Ensler – War on Women in Congo"
The Associated Press
05/18/09

Congo: Rights group documents mass rapes, killings
The Associated Press
04/09/09

Yesterday a victim, today an oppressor: how aid funds war in Congo
The Times of London
04/07/09

UK Women Leaders Urge G20 to act in Congo
Times of London
04/01/09

'Stop raping our greatest resource' - In the Congo, in Antigua
Antigua Sun
03/20/09

“Saving Women” Interview with Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege
CNN Inside Africa
03/2009

Turning Pain to Power: Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege
World Affairs Council
02/18/09

"The Invisible War"
The New York Times
02/21/09

LA's Vagina Monologues: Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege's 'Pain to Power' Tour'
Op-Ed News
02/15/09

Famed playwright Eve Ensler
San Francisco Examiner
02/15/09

Femicide in the Congo
Scotsman
02/15/09

Rosario Dawson on Rihanna and Jennifer Hudson: We're All Sisters
People
02/14/09

V-Day Spotlights Congolese Women Torn by War
Women's eNews
02/13/09

DR-CONGO: How Many More Will Be Raped?
Inter Press Service News Agency
02/12/09

Eve Ensler to Marlo Thomas: 'Rape Is Cheap Warfare'
wowow.com
02/12/09

Playwright, V-Day Founder Eve Ensler and Congolese Gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Raise Awareness on War on Women in DRC
Democracy Now!
02/09/09

Turning Pain to Power
Huffington Post/Women's Media Center/Alternet
02/02/09

Group Fights Rape In Democratic Republic Of Congo
NPR Weekend Edition
01/24/09

Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis: “The Never Ending War”
Huffington Post
12/12/08

Massacre Unfurls in Congo, Despite Nearby Support
The New York Times
12/11/08

Rwanda Stirs Deadly Brew of Troubles in Congo
The New York Times
12/04/08

Former UN Envoy and Playwright Team Up Against Rape, AIDS in DRC
Voice of America
11/28/08

The Spoils: Congo’s Riches, Looted by Renegade Troops
The New York Times
11/15/08

Rape Victims’ Words Help Jolt Congo Into Change
The New York Times
10/17/08

DR Congo: Peace Accord Fails to End Killing of Civilians Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
07/17/08

Kabila forces blamed for killings
BBC
10/25/07

DRC:Hospital's Tale Reveals Missing Children, Brutalised Women
Inter Press Service News Agency
10/24/07

Stephen Lewis Interview on WHYY Radio on The War On Women in East Congo
WHYY Radio

"They Are Destroying the Female Species in Congo": Congolese Human Rights Activist Christine Schuler Deschryver on Sexual Terrorism and Africa's Forgotten War
Democracy Now!
10/08/07

Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War
The New York Times
10/07/07

Stephen Lewis* calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the eastern region of the DRC
Press conference statement Nairobi, Kenya:
09/13/07

Women Left for Dead -- and the Man Who's Saving Them
Eve Ensler
Glamour Magazine
08/01/07

Shock at sex crimes in DR Congo
BBC NEWS
07/30/07

Women in Blue Berets: U.N. mission addresses Congo violence—and gender equity
Ms. Magazine
Spring 2007

Hundreds of thousands raped in Congo wars
The Guardian Unlimited
11/14/06

"Not Women Anymore...": The Congo’s rape survivors face pain, shame and AIDS
Ms. Magazine
Spring 2005