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  • Posted by Robin Hayes on Tuesday, December 14, 2010
    Rare Friendships
    Child Brides Revel in Chance to Be Among Peers

    At first glance, each of the 14- to 19-year-old girls looked as if they had arrived by themselves. They gathered for an informal meeting on a hill in Debre Tabor, a town in north central Ethiopia. As I peered closer, however, I noticed that peeking from under the shawls of several of the girls were babies – some as young as three months old.

  • Posted by Mary Ellsberg on Wednesday, December 8, 2010
    Rebuilding Lives After Genocide
    Rwandan Women Find Strength in Each Other

    On a recent visit to Rwanda, my ICRW colleague Amy Gregowski and I had the opportunity to meet members of the Rwanda Women’s Network (RWN) and learn about their effort to support survivors of the 1994 genocide.