For All You Law & Order SVU Fans

My friend, Pat, told me about a Law & Order SVU episode that was on last week that dealt with a Congolese woman. The episode is titled, "Witness", it's episode 16 of Season 11 and it first aired on 3/17/2010. I just watched it on Amazon for $1.99. It was well worth it. It is an incredibly poignant dramatization of what these women experience. I highly recommend it. Mariska Hargitay, one of the show's co-stars, is very outspoken against violence toward women. In her Blog about the episode, Hargitay is very clear about our own culpability in regards to the situation in the Congo:

"There are few other conflicts in the world where the link between our consumer appetites and massive human suffering is so direct. The armed groups perpetuating the violence generate hundreds of millions of dollars each year by trading in four main minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten (the "three Ts") and gold. These minerals are essential to our cell phones, laptops and other electronics." Read Mariska's complete post about the episode.