“We [Congolese] try hard to break the silence about all the rape, the sexual slavery, but the entire world remains in silence. Congolese blood is in the street, and no one says anything. It is so painful. You have no idea.” — my friend Gorethy Nabushosi, a Congolese attorney who fought for women’s rights in [...]
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From Congo to Dallas, women helping women
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, congo, Congo Restoration, DRC, Half the Sky, rwanda, Women for Women International on March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Week 18: Four months down
Posted in dinner, family dinner, tagged breakfast, dinner, family dinner, Half the Sky on March 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.” ~ Voltaire Amen! Today marks the four-month anniversary of this blog project. Four months of eating one meal together every day (except for one slip-up, for which we made amends the next day). Four [...]
Country 12: Tunisia
Posted in Africa, tagged Half the Sky on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“I am very grateful to my country. I was born and grew up in a part of the world where life is supposed to be hard for most people, but harder for women.” — Hayet Laouni, a business owner in Tunisia and member of the country’s Senate Having spent the last few weeks reading Half [...]
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