Blog: Jennifer McCleary-Sills

Posted by Jennifer McCleary-Sills on Monday, January 30, 2012

Laying Down Arms, Picking up the Pieces

Meeting the unique needs of both women and men in post-conflict Republic of Congo

Although the conflict in the Republic of Congo officially ended almost a decade ago, the tough business of mending broken lives is still underway. As is true in many wars, women's lives were deeply affected.
Posted by Jennifer McCleary-Sills on Monday, October 4, 2010

Girl Power in Tanzania

A Journey from Shy to Confident

I first met the young women on a sunny Monday morning as they sat under a tree in front of a teachers' training center in Newala, a town so far south in Tanzania that if you stand at its highest point, you can see Mozambique.