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Uganda after Kony: Christine Amunu’s Story


June 7, 2012
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Susan Dentzer on domestic violence in West Africa


May 24, 2012
By The IRC

Solutions for the problem of domestic violence include training women to operate their own small businesses, as the IRC is doing in a number of programs worldwide.

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Photo Share: "We cannot accept that men beat women"


May 23, 2012
By The IRC
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Domestic abuse acute in post-war West Africa, report says

Submitted by lucy.carrigan on May 23, 2012 - 10:43am
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Domestic abuse acute in post-war West Africa, report says
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Elisabeth Roesch
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May 23, 2012
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BBC News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18161677
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The plight of wives who suffer abuse from soldiers returning home from conflict in West Africa has been highlighted in a new aid agency report.

 

Domestic Violence is Biggest Threat to West Africa's Women

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Domestic Violence is Biggest Threat to West Africa's Women
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May 22, 2012
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The Guardian
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Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday.

 

A voice from West Africa


May 22, 2012
By The IRC
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The Word on Women - End of war doesn’t spell peace for women in West Africa

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The Word on Women - End of war doesn’t spell peace for women in West Africa
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George Rupp
Date: 
May 22, 2012
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TrustLaw - Blogs
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By Emma Batha The photo shows a woman sprawled in the dirt, grimacing in pain. A man is lunging towards her. The image needs no caption – the man has obviously beaten the woman up and hurled her to the ground.

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The riskiest place for a woman


May 22, 2012
By George Rupp
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Domestic violence primary threat to women in post-war West Africa

IRC calls partner abuse a public health crisis that must be placed on humanitarian agenda
22 May 2012

Women in post-conflict West Africa continue to suffer violence at alarming levels and with shocking frequency, but the primary threat to their safety is not strangers or men with guns; it’s their husbands, according to the International Rescue Committee.

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