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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 23:34 | Written by Vida | | |
'Here it’s not rape because you have desire for a woman, it’s rape because you want to destroy that person through her private parts. There’s no appropriate expression for it, because if it were men shot by a gun we would call it genocide. But it’s another type of genocide.’
So says Dr Denis Mukwege — also known as the Angel of Bukavu — a Congolese gynaecologist specializing in the reconstructive surgery of Congolese women gang-raped or sexually brutalized.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:56 | Written by Vida | | |
Saunsuray and Alexandra are two of UNICEF’s young humanitarian
activists. Their mission is to make young people of the world aware of the
devastation AIDS has inflicted on the African continent
Sixteen-year-old Saunsuray and nineteen-year-old Alexandra Muis
d'Entremont Govere grew up in an impoverished Zimbabwean village. The AIDS
scourge had reached their little community and the disease had orphaned many of
their playmates.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 18:46 | Written by Vida | | |
'This film eloquently captures the power each of us innately has within our souls to make this world a far better, safer, more peaceful place'
Desmond Tutu, Winner,
1984 Nobel Peace Prize
Pray The Devil Back To Hell
tells the inspiring story of a group of Liberian women — armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions — who demanded peace for their country, lacerated by a decades-long civil war.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 20:48 | Written by Geraldine | | |
Jane Campion's
heroines are original, independent and uncompromising – a bit like Jane Campion
herself. 'If Jane hadn't done anything,
I think she may have become a great criminal,' her mother remarked in an
early interview
Instead, Campion became one of the most
acclaimed film directors in the world. New Zealand-born Campion - the first woman in history to win a Palme d'Or - took five years off to
spend time with her young daughter before resurfacing with her latest film, Bright Star, and a renewed call for
more women Hollywood.
Since its introduction to Europe from China, thousands of people have been using acupuncture to cure a whole range of ills. However, the medical establishment has always argued that it can’t be proven to work.
TODAY'S QUOTATION
The child passes little by little from the unconscious to the conscious, treading always in the paths of joy and love. | Maria Montessori