It is ironic that even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton puts the issues of women and children at the center of her agenda, rape -- especially on the continent of Africa -- is increasing in use as a weapon of war. In the Congo, in particular, both sexes have been the victims. Sienna Miller's trip to the Congo earlier this spring is has been chronicled in a short video called "8 Minutes," documenting the stories of rape survivors:

The movie tells the story of three days spent in the heart of a war zone. Miller made the documentary with the International Medical Corps, a group that recently hosted a visit by Secretary Clinton. Miller also blogged her trip and this entry, from her final day, is particularly evocative:

The journey was everything we had been warned about and more: muddy roads that could swallow a truck, flat tires, makeshift bridges, military checkpoints, very young men with very large weapons. It was a six-hour drive through Kahuzi Biega National Park and north to Chambucha. The scenery was breathtaking. Thick dense jungle, bamboo trees and wild orchids, monkeys, every shade of green you could possibly imagine. Enormous spider webs and their equally enormous creators, such a change from the urban feel of Bukavu. There were children swimming in the river that borders the forest where the FDLR (Rwandan rebel group) are in hiding, and where the FARDC (Congolese government troops) have taken positions along the road, weapons trained at their sides. And that's what's so confusing about this place...utter purity and beauty juxtaposed with brutal violence.

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