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Fleeing famine, facing attacks -- Somali women need our help
The IRC's Elizabeth Pender testifies about violence against women and girls who are fleeing the famine in Somalia.
Photo: Anne Richard/IRC
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
At a packed Congressional briefing on August 4, my colleague Elizabeth Pender, the International Rescue Committee's emergency technical advisor for women’s protection and empowerment, spoke about violence against women and girls who are fleeing the famine in Somalia.
Liz spoke movingly about the attacks that women and girls experience as they trek for weeks through drought-ravaged land in search of food, health care and assistance in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. You can read her comments here.
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Please provide more info on
Submitted by joan Mc auliffe (not verified) on December 30, 2011 - 6:02pm.
Please provide more info on what one can do to help stop this tragedy. Thank you
Thanks for writing. Pls bring
Submitted by Juan rojas (not verified) on August 16, 2011 - 12:42am.
Thanks for writing. Pls bring more vivid accounts and images. We must know more of what's going on and take action
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