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Special Screening of Half the Sky with a Keynote Address by Sheryl WuDunn
November 16, 2012Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of Half the Sky is coming to Seattle, Saturday Nov 17! Join us for a special screening of the new PBS documentary based on the book by her and Nicholas Kristof. Inspired by the best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women…
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Gender-Based Violence: A Worldwide Crisis
October 1, 2012The victimization of women and girls is one of the most common, yet least visible forms of oppression. Its effects extend beyond the bruises and the fear to tear at the very fabric that holds families and communities together. Although the civil war in Sierra Leone ended in 2002, the war on women has not. Despite the fact that more than a decade has passed…
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The Day My God Died Online Social Screening
July 10, 2012Login for a free online social screening of The Day My God Died on Wednesday, July 11 at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET at womenandgirlslead.org. Filmmaker Andrew Levine will be online and fielding questions from viewers. Young girls whose lives were shattered by the child sex trade describe the day they were abducted from their villages as "the day my god died." By…
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International Rescue Committee Launches Report on Domestic Violence in West Africa
May 24, 2012The International Rescue Committee is a partner of ITVS’s Women and Girls Lead campaign. Years after the end of war in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast — women continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency. The primary threat to their safety is not strangers or men with guns; it is their husbands. This is among the…