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Race Relations, Gender, and Violence in the CongoRutgers University - Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyNew Brunswick, NJ Free event A peace treaty was signed in 2003, but fighting continues in the eastern provinces of the Congo where Rwandan-backed troops are marauding to gain control of resource-rich territory around Goma, the capital of South Kivu Province. Violent race and gender relations, beginning with the slave trade and continuing through European exploitation of the land for rubber, ivory, gold, diamonds, copper and palm oil, have destroyed Congolese lives and livelihoods over the past century and a half. Six million deaths have occurred since 1998 and nearly 1,100 rapes are recorded daily. Conquest and colonialism are the historic center of the processes shaping contemporary patterns of violence in the Congo. The violence of Belgian rule, with the complicity of European and North American governments and corporations, form the backdrop to current events. Tracing race and gender relations through decades of colonial and corporate misrule, Meredeth Turshen will recount the deterioration of women’s status, women’s health and women’s work in eastern Congo. Instructors: (1 Ratings) As a service to its members, the American Planning Association (APA), together with its professional institute the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), provides listings of Certification Maintenance (CM) training opportunities. These listings are registered and approved for CM credit by APA, but APA is not affiliated with the parties listed here. Appearance in these listings should not be taken as an endorsement, guarantee, or warranty by APA, nor does APA assume any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions by persons or entities providing the professional training in these listings. For further information regarding the professional training listed, please contact the registered provider. | My APA
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