The Democratic Republic of Congo has hired KRL International to support the country's office in charge of combatting sexual violence.
The Washington firm will do outreach on behalf of the Office of the Special Representative to the US government, media, non-profit organizations and engage foreign investors and the private sector to build support for the fight against sexual violence and child recruitment.
Human Rights Watch reports that hundreds of thousands of women and girls—young and old—have been victims of rape and brutalization since conflicts in the Congo began in 1996.
Riva Levinson, who once managed the international business of Burson-Marsteller's BKSH & Assocs. lobbying unit, which is now Prime Policy Group, founded KRL, which has a three-month pact with Congo.
She's the longtime advisor of Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is celebrating the May 11 decision of the World Health Organization to rule her country Ebola-free.
KRL also handles PR for South Sudan, which is Africa's youngest nation.
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