The International Rescue Committee is working with women's advocate Ann Jones to help women in war zones — survivors of conflict, displacement and sexual and domestic violence — use photography to make their voices heard.     Photo: Ann Jones

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  It’s time to catch you up on the progress of the special Gender Based Violence project we call A Global Crescendo: Women’s Voices from Conflict Zones. We’ve moved on to country number three: Sierra Leone. As you know, if you’ve been following my blogs, we started the project last fall in Cote d’Ivoire where some brave village women made dramatic changes in their homes and communities. The next stop was Liberia, where we worked both in the capital and in rural villages of northern Lofa County with courageous women determined to make change. Now we’ve slipped across another border to Sierra Leone, the third West African country struggling to recover from war.

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Cote d'Ivoire Update


   Photo: Ann Jones
In Cote d'Ivoire, courageous women photographers in three Ivoirian villages spoke up for women—and for their daughters.

That was just the beginning. Read Ann's update to find out how they are doing.


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