CONFRONTING RAPE AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CONFLICT ZONES SPOTLIGHT: DRC AND SUDAN HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Time: 2:30 P.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Feingold Presiding: Senator Boxer     Witnesses:     Panel 1: The Honorable Melanne Verveer    Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues    Department of State    Washington, DC The Honorable Esther Brimmer    Assistant Secretary of State for    International Organization Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC Phil Carter    Acting Assistant Secretary    of the Bureau of African Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC     Panel 2: Eve Ensler    Founder    V-Day    Democratic Republic of the Congo Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu    Journalist    Democratic Republic of the Congo Robert Warwick    Country Director of Southern Sudan    International Rescue Committee    Southern Sudan Neimat Ahmadi    Darfuri Liason Officer    Save Darfur Coalition    Washington, DC John Prendergast    Co-Founder    The Enough Project    Washington, DC   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.