Help end violence against women

Just as last month on the 17th was International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.   Below are some things you can do:

Listen to women.  Learn how violence has affected her life.  Turn to local organizations as well and hear the stories they have [...]

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http://v10.vday.org/
It’s been ten years since the birth of the Vagina Monologues and how they are helping end violence against women (rape, incest, female genital mutilation, battery, abuse, assault, slavery, trafficking and emotional, psychological harassment like being subjected to demeaning and domineering attitudes) across the globe.  Today and tomorrow they will be hosting their V to the Tenth anniversary [...]

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Genocide

Today is the International Day for the Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda.  Below is a list of other places that has experienced / is experiencing genocide:

Armenia
Cambodia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Rwanda
the Darfur region of Sudan
Somalia

Websites:

http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/
http://www.kigalimemorialcentre.org/old/index.html
http://www.yale.edu/gsp/rwanda/index.html
http://www.savedarfur.org/
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
http://www.genocideintervention.net/
http://www.standnow.org/
http://www.rwanda-genocide.org/index.html
http://www.genocide1915.info/
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/
http://www.yale.edu/gsp/projects.html
http://www.cambodiangenocide.org/genocide.htm
http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/treaties/genocide.asp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-shadow_war2nov24,0,4720127.story

“Can you swim?” Jama asked. But it hardly seemed to matter. Back on dry land, in Somalia, an entire country was drowning.

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