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MADRE :: Press Room :: Getting Stronger Every Generation: Six Women's Stories

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

madre.org - May. 02 (Special Report) - Great popular change is the result of years of sustained organizing, education and activism. Six women’s lives can tell this story. These are women who came together across generations to demand their rights and to fight for the safety and health of their communities.

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New report on future scenarios in Sudan

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

reliefweb.int - Sep. 18 (Special Report) - Sudan is planning to hold elections in April 2010 and a referendum on southern autonomy the following year, but beyond this the future is uncertain, says a report entitled "Sudan 2012 - Scenarios for the Future".

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An Arrest Warrant for al-Bashir, Could Bush Be Next?

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jamal Dajani - Mar. 06 (News Analysis) - The court's decision grimly spelled out the suffering of the people of Darfur, a history full of murder, torture, rape, pillage and deliberate attacks on civilians. Could the ICC's decision set a precedent?

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A Handy Guide To What the Hell Just Happened in Darfur

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

humanitarianrelief.change.org - By Michael Kleinman - Mar. 05 (News Report) - Exciting past few days in Darfur-land, if by excitement you mean the very real possibility of millions of people suddenly starving. A quick guide to what happened, and what it means.

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Crisis Guide: Darfur

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Council on Foreign Relations - Mar. 04 (Special Report) - After Sudan’s refusal to accept a peacekeeping force authorized in an August 2006 Security Council resolution, the United Nations was hamstrung for months, balking at the notion of violating Sudan’s sovereignty, despite its 2005 adoption of the “responsibility to protect” doctrine, which allows intervention in states unwilling to prevent genocide. But in July 2007, the United Nations

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Sudan resumes civilian destruction in West Darfur

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Sudan Tribune - By Eric Reeves - Feb. 21 (News Analysis) - Many tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced; more than 12,000 have been forced to flee to Chad, where efforts to provide humanitarian assistance are encountering a range of severe challenges. And ominously, there are several reports that many hundreds of children remain unaccounted for.

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Lost Girls of Sudan

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's Media Center - By Laura DeLuca - Feb. 16 (News Report) - Though the plight of Sudan's Lost Boys has been documented widely...bureaucratic decisions left the Lost Girls virtually forgotten. ... The Lost Girls, for example, were treated as dependents in the camp while the Lost Boys were seen as autonomous and therefore eligible for resettlement....Due to a UN policy of placing orphaned girls with foster families in the refugee camp, the Lost Girls were ineligible for resettlement as "unaccompanied minors." Foster placement often amounted to indentured servitude. Moreover, foster parents frequently pushed girls into marriage so the foster family would receive bridewealth--cash and cattle--from the groom.

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Can Drag Queens and Hired Guns Save Darfur?

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:33:10 -0700

TruthDig - By Sarah Stillman - Jun. 28 (Special Report) - The crisis facing peacekeepers in Darfur has never looked so bleak. As the international community stands by, they slog into their fourth year without the resources or mandate to end the violence that's killed at least 200,000 civilians and displaced 2.5 million more before their eyes. "We feel like frauds," explains Pvt. Alasana Minteh, who served in the Zalingei area. "We have no maps, [have] broken radios, and our translators are on strike. ... How can we protect the people of Darfur when we can barely protect ourselves?"

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G-8 Faces Lesson on School Girls in Battle Zones

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:30:00 -0700

Women's eNews - By Bojana Stoparic - Jun. 04 (News Report) - When the world's wealthiest nations meet at the G-8 summit in Germany this week, aid workers plan to remind them that education pledges they made to children--the majority of them girls--are not being met in the world's worst conflict zones. In Darfur, Sudan, girls are traditionally responsible for farming, cooking, cleaning and caring for the family. That leaves little time for school and their parents often see little value in educating them. The overall enrollment rate in Darfur is one of the lowest in the world, with 28 percent of all children attending school, and aid organizations are reporting that only 1 in 4 is a female. Now, however, in refugee camps, many girls are getting a chance to go to school for the first time. Since fighting broke out four years ago between the Sudanese government, their allied militias and rebel groups, 2 million people have fled to these camps, where relief organizations have been able to set up schools. "Prior to the conflict in Darfur, there were few schools and they were not accessible to everyone. The refugee camps have raised awareness of the value of education just through the presence of schools," says Jenny Perlman Robinson, who works on education in emergencies for the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children in New York City and visited camps in Darfur last year.

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Darfur and China - Oil vs. Genocide

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:07:11 -0700

Link TV - By Evelyn Messinger - Jun. 03 (Special Report) - (VIDEO 6:34 - from Global Pulse series) President Bush condemns Sudan's genocide in Darfur, and Amnesty International says China provides weapons of mass murder. But China, fueling its economic expansion on Sudanese oil, reports the news differently than western sources. Sources: CCTV9 and Asia Today, China; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; TV5, France; NBC News, ABC News and Fox News, U.S.

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News Summaries on Darfur

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:47:38 -0700

Genocide Intervention Network - Jun. 02 (News Analysis) - News summaries from The Genocide Intervention Network, a global community whose mission is to "empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide".

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Early CIA Involvement in Darfur Has Gone Unreported

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:57:25 -0700

History News Network - Mar. 14 (News Analysis) - While there is great sorrow and indignation over the suffering and loss of life in the Sudan, early U.S. involvement in the war goes unmentioned.

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