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Author: Zoe Benezet-Parsons

Empowering Women in Darfur, Congo, and Beyond

Empowering Women in Darfur, Congo, and Beyond
RAISE Hope for Congo will not be the only ones celebrating International Women’s Day next Monday. The Save Darfur Coalition came up with some creative ways to get involved ...

Landmark Violence Against Women Act Introduced

Landmark Violence Against Women Act Introduced
Human rights advocates and international women’s organizations late last week welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan International Violence Against Women Act, or I-VAWA ...

Ubuntu And Hope In Congo

Ubuntu And Hope In Congo
NPR affiliate WPSU, the radio station of Penn State, recently featured Professor Lee Ann De Reus explaining her belief in Ubuntu, an African philosophy that says each of us is part of an interconnected global community, and its relation to her experience interviewing women who had survived rape in Congo ...