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Mon, 12 May 2014 21:33 PM

The introduction of the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) in the U.S. Senate last week couldn’t have come at a more critical time.

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:46 PM

A prospector looks on as he prepares to pan for gold at the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 10, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT COMMODITIES CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:43 PM

Boys working as artisanal miners take a break from panning for gold at the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 9, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:38 PM

Artisanal miners take a break from panning for gold at the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 9, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:37 PM

Artisanal miners take a break from panning for gold at the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 9, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT COMMODITIES INDUSTRIAL CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:32 PM

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE OF PICTURE A general view shows a village near the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 9, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mon, 12 May 2014 15:57 PM

A general view shows a village near the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 10, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)