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Photo: Lyndsey Addario
"Forty year-old Angelique reveals a gunshot wound in her back to women in the Keyshero Medical centre, while her six-year-old daughter reaches up to touch it."
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been mired, for over ten years, in the world’s deadliest crisis since WWII. Eastern DRC is argued to be the worst place in the world to be a woman or child. Despite the world’s largest UN peacekeeping operation and growing global awareness, extreme violence continues.
In an effort to bring inspiration and hope to the DRC’s devastated population, Pray the Devil Back to Hell producer |
Abigail E. Disney anddocumentary photographer Alissa Everett created Voices for Peace, a Peace Is Loud project. Through screening Pray the Devil Back to Hell around the DRC, Voices for Peace will promote thoughtful discussions on activism and peace-building among community leaders, law enforcement, activists, politicians and victims.
In the coming months both producer Abigail E. Disney and peace activist Leymah Gbowee, who was featured in Pray the Devil Back to Hell, will be traveling to the DRC with Voices for Peace.
»Click here to learn more about women and violence in the DRC by reading, “Legacy of War: An Epidemic of Sexual Violence in DRC” from UNFPA.
»Click here to learn more about Peace Is Loud.
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| Enough is Enough? |
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Image: ViewpointSat
"One of the most inspiring stories of women liberation movement I ever heard came from Liberia. Women in that war torn country simply took their destinies in their hands, helped to stop the war and entrenched democracy. Nigerian women have not been found wanting in this regard either. But lately, the nudity strategy they deploy has, frankly, become worrisome." writes Abimbola Adelakun for Punch, a Nigerian online newspaper.
We are always interested in stories about women seeking peace, but this one in particular caught our attention.
»Click here to read the entire article "When Nude Protests Are Meaningless" by Abimbola Adelakun
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