"Making a Difference": NBC Nightly News spotlights Vital Voices, ECI
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Words and Symbols do Matter
January 06, 2010
Grizzled cynics of Washington have a tendency to be dismissive about rhetoric and symbolic gestures. But they are thoroughly wrong, as social innovators know, as evidenced so poignantly in…
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A Year of Progress and Challenges
January 04, 2010
The crises and problems that Refugees International tackles are daunting. Yet, in 2009 progress was made that directly eases the burdens of people who are forced to flee their homes. Thanks to…
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Civilians Still Suffering in Faradje, Site of 2008 Christmas Massacres
January 04, 2010
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FARADJE, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Almost a year after the “brutal attacks of Christmas…
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Kony’s Shadow Looms Large in Congolese Refugee Camp
January 04, 2010
MAKPANDU, Western Equatoria, “Southern Sudan” — As she spoke softly in her native Zande language, Monique*, an 18-year-old Congolese refugee and orphan living in Makpandu refugee camp in…
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Come Out! Los Angeles Rally - January 9th, 2010
December 29, 2009
Sudan on the Brink – a Fire and Drum Rally
Why: Sudan 2010 is Sudan on the Brink. With elections in April and the all-important referendum only a year away, 2010 could see Sudan explode, with the… -
Seasonal Sentiments from Survivors
December 25, 2009
Two days before Christmas, I joined the weekly support group at our Washington, DC Client Services Office. As survivors of domestic servitude and sex trafficking, a number of the participants are…
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Congress passes measure to increase funding to fight trafficking!
December 23, 2009
In mid-December Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill for FY2010, covering six agencies. The bill included needed funding increases to fight human trafficking and provide services to…
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Jonglei's Tribal Conflicts: Countering Insecurity in South Sudan
December 22, 2009
A failure to stabilise Jonglei and other areas of concern risks seeing South Sudan become increasingly unstable ahead of next year�€™s national elections and the 2011 self-determination…
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Jerry Fowler Discusses The AU Panel Report On Darfur With VOA
December 22, 2009
Earlier today, Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler appeared on Voice of America’s In Focus program to discuss the African Union panel report on Darfur. Check it out:
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AFRICA
December 21, 2009
ICTJ Calls on Security Council to Support Justice and Reparations in Darfur
The United Nations Security Council should support the call by…
