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Community Justice Thrives in Villages of Eastern Congo

August 6, 2009, Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Amid the chaos and lawlessness of Eastern Congo, a local organization has developed an innovative approach to settling disputes and promoting justice, one community at a time.Arche d'Alliance, a partner of The Advocacy...

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Appointment of New Labor Judges Promises Justice

West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Palestinian workers who are wronged by their employers now have a better chance at justice, after the appointment of several labor judges in the West Bank. The...

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Women Find Common Ground At Srebrenica Gravesite

July 17, 2009, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Washington, DC : Serbian and Bosnian women joined hands last week at the scene of Europe's worst modern-day massacre, in an attempt to transcend the nationalism and bitterness that has hampered recovery from the Bosnian war.More than...

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Minorities Disillusioned by Iran's Democracy Movement

July 7, 2009, Vancouver, Canada: Iran's large Azerbaijani minority feels disappointed and ignored by the pro-democracy movement, which has been widely praised internationally for opposing the Iranian government's attempt to rig the June 12 election.The sense of...

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Volunteer Brings D.C. Students Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you...

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New Women's Network Seeks to End Gun Violence in the Home

London, UK: Twenty-eight-year-old Paulina Kenamuni recently moved out of her boyfriend's house in Otjiwarongo, Namibia to escape their abusive relationship. On June 4, the man showed up at her mother's house with a hunting rifle, and fatally shot both women.For a growing...

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Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo

Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.They're also the ingredients being used by environmental advocates to create a light, inexpensive cooking fuel that...

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45 Peace Fellows to Support Community Advocates in 26 Countries

Washington, DC: During the school year, Kate Cummings is a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. For three months this summer, she will be helping women in Kenya to campaign against rape and human trafficking.Gretchen Murphy, from American University in Washington...

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Survivor, Elmina Kulasic, calls for an end to genocide.

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Survivors Say "Never Again" to Genocide

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Roma Alarmed by Attacks in Czech Republic

"The latest attack came Sunday, when, according to media reports, a Roma couple and their 22-month-old toddler were badly burned after someone threw molotov cocktails into their home in Vitkov, a town in the northeast Czech Republic."

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Dalit "Witches" Face Extreme Violence in Nepal's Villages

April 3, 2009, Pyutar, Nepal: Advocates for the Dalit in Nepal are calling for government action to stop attacks against lower-caste women accused of witchcraft, following the brutal beating of a 45-year-old woman...

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Women Advocates in Afghanistan and Congo Honored in Washington

Washington, DC: The US-based women's organization Vital Voices has awarded one of its highest honors to Sadiqa Basiri Saleem, a leading advocate for girl's education in Afghanistan and a partner of The Advocacy Project (AP) since 2004. Ms Basiri Saleem received the...

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Each massacre victim is memorialized with a patch in the quilt.

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Memorial Quilt Puts a Human Face on Srebrenica Massacre

Srebrenica Memorial Quilt Visits US, Puts a Human Face on the Massacre March 24, 2009, Washington, DC: For the past three weeks, scores of Bosnians who died in the notorious 1995 massacre at Srebrenica, Bosnia,...

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Workers Clear the Rubble from a Gaza Building Blast

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Israeli Group Calls for Gaza Investigation

Israeli Group Calls for Gaza Investigation at Launch of New AP University Chapter March 13, 2009, South Hadley, Mass.: The leading Israeli human rights group B'Tselem is calling for an impartial investigation...

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Nepali Journalist Photographs for Equality

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Inter-Caste Marriages in Nepal Face Violence and Intimidation

February 12, 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal: A shocking new report from the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) in Nepal finds that Nepalis who marry outside their caste risk social exclusion and even violence, particularly from...

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