Eastern Africa

With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

Authors: Loretta J. Williams

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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Zimbabwe's Health Crisis Explodes: Is Democracy a Dream Deferred?

Zimbabwean Poster
Authors: Imani Countess

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A shaky coalition government tries to rescue the country from collapse.

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Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health

Authors: Ruth Levine and the What Works Working Group with Molly Kinder

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Large-scale public health successes are both possible and replicable.

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The Human Right to Health: Reflections of a Community Educator

Rusasa, Rwanda, March 2008. Azalia Mitchell and participants in a week-long workshop on basic health education and the roles and responsibilities of health workers. Photo: James Haganza
Authors: Azalia Mitchell Melony Swasey

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No one should have to suffer and get sick because of a lack of information.

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The Challenges of Reconciliation: Learning from Survivors in Rwanda and Burundi

Listening exercise for Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities workshop in Rwanda. photo: African great lakes initiative
Authors: David Zarembka

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When reconciliation occurs, people report feeling that they have rejoined the human family.

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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Authors: Women of Zimbabwe Arise

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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"Z" is for Zimbabwe: Silence & Turmoil as a Country Potentially Unravels

Article 21 poster
Authors: Bill Fletcher Jr.

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Colleagues of mine in Zimbabwe were jailed and tortured by the Mugabe administration, but I was expected by pro-Mugabe activists in the USA to say nothing, and indeed, to deny everything.

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The Zimbabwe We Want

Authors: the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe Council of Churches Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference

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Zimbabwe needs a new national vision to restore our self-confidence, dignity, and hope.

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A Declaration by Zimbabwe Civil Society

Beach Vigil
Authors: the Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe

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We observe with great concern the continued abuse of executive and military powers to subvert the expressed will of the people.

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Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

Authors: Friends Church of Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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