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Calling all runners!

Guest Blogger21 February 2011

Sarah Haynes from Women for Women International urges readers to Run for Congo Women Runners raise almost £56,000 for women in DRC In 2010, we officially laun...

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Huge success for Run for Congo Women UK

Guest Blogger12 December 2010

It’s only been three weeks since the second UK Run for Congo Women took place on 13 November. It was such a huge success, we’ve already started pl...

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A 10k glimmer of hope for Congo women

Guest Blogger17 September 2010

This summer's Run for Congo Women was a huge success, says Ashleigh Murphy. Time to sign up for the next London run As the crisis in the war-torn Democrati...

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Help women in ‘rape capital of the world’

Guest Blogger26 May 2010

Guest post by Tenley Peterson The crisis in DR Congo has raged for over 15 years, with citizens victimized by armed groups and their own military. This confli...

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Stop Rape Now

Jess McCabe30 April 2010

In a symbolic gesture that sexual violence is unacceptable, UN is calling on people world-over to upload photos, with arms crossed, to its Stop Rape Now map. ...

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Ruined, Almeida Theatre, London

Jess McCabe17 April 2010

If you're able to go and see Ruined, do. On until 5 June at the Almeida Theatre in London: A small mining town deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Ma...

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