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‘City of Joy’ opens its doors, empowers survivors
Singing, drumming and dancing with shovels marked the celebrated opening of the City of Joy, a new center for women survivors of gender violence, in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Created from a vision designed by Congolese women, City of Joy is supported by V-Day and the Fondation Panzi of the DRC, along with […]
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Tag Archives: UNICEF
Speak up to prevent mass atrocities
That mass atrocities and genocide should be prevented generates little debate. Where we become stuck as an international community is exactly what to do and when. Left paralyzed by an inability to respond, governments inevitably allow the worst imaginable crimes to happen, as they did in Rwanda in 1994. During 100 days, an estimated 800,000 […]
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Also tagged action, advocacy, CAR, Chad, child soldier, children, Congo, Darfur, genocide, Maine, orphaned child, Oxfam, Rwanda, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Sen. Susan Collins, sexual violence, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
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