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Female Africans Take Lead in Prize-Winning Fiction

By Jane Ciabattari ● Arts & Culture ● November 25, 2005

African women are taking over artistic territory once controlled by men and are now telling the continent’s new stories in books and movies. The final article in our eight-part series on emerging female leaders in Africa.

Survivor of Attacks Speaks for Iraqi Women

By Jane Ciabattari ● Uncategorized ● December 10, 2002

Katrin Michael, who lived through chemical attacks unleashed by Saddam Hussein on Iraqi’s Kurdish population, now advocates for women’s concerns as part of the exiled Iraqi opposition movement.

While Cruel Wars Rage, African Women Wage Peace

By Jane Ciabattari ● Uncategorized ● May 20, 2001

Mindful that women and children constitute the vast majority of casualties in today’s conflicts, African women from conflict zones have gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to share their experience in alleviating suffering and influencing government policy.

Rwanda Gambles on Renewal, Not Revenge

By Jane Ciabattari ● Politics ● October 9, 2000

After genocidal violence, the nation is preparing for an experiment in the limits and possibilities of justice. It is reviving a tribal system of wise persons sitting in deliberation and judgment and women, once excluded, will be the heart of it.

From Rwanda’s Ashes, Women Are Building Anew

By Jane Ciabattari ● Politics ● October 2, 2000

Six years after the genocide in Rwanda, women are getting stronger, learning new skills, taking on new roles as heads of household, builders, workers and traders. Slowly, hesitantly, Tutsi and Hutu women are talking about reconciliation.

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Female Africans Take Lead in Prize-Winning Fiction

Survivor of Attacks Speaks for Iraqi Women

While Cruel Wars Rage, African Women Wage Peace

Rwanda Gambles on Renewal, Not Revenge

From Rwanda’s Ashes, Women Are Building Anew