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Two Films, One Story, Part 2: Talking with Gini Reticker of 'Women, War & Peace'

Deborah Stambler | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Women War and Peace, Peace Unveiled, Gini Reticker, Leymah Gbowee, Pbs, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Women News
Deborah Stambler

"I do think there's something about being on the screen that gives validity to people. It's kind of like if you've seen it on TV then it must be true, then it really happened."

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Liberia's Leymah Gbowee Talks Maternal Health Through Peace

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.16.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

"If the leaders of the world were truly committed to women's issues and were making those issues political issues -- putting sanctions on countries that were doing nothing about honor killings, femicides and all of these things -- it would bring it to an end."

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WATCH: 'Pray The Devil Back To Hell' Documentary Celebrates Bravery Of Liberian Women Against War

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, War Crimes, Women's Rights, World Events, Liberian Civil War, Women's Health, Iraq Violence, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, War, Oppression, Liberia, Video, Healthy Living News

In commemoration of International Day of Peace this past September, a crowd gathered for a screening and subsequent discussion of activist Abigail Dis...

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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Changing the Landscape for Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lily Ledbetter Act, Paley Center for Media, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Ann Coulter, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres, Faye Wattleton, Barack Obama, Pat Mitchell, Center for the Advancement of Women, Women's Health, Obama Presidency, Abagail E. Disney, Gender Issues, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Women and Power, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

With the election of Barack Obama, women voters who put him in the Oval Office will be waiting to see if gender issues are a priority.

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Liberia's Peace Women: Tribeca 2008 Remembers What the World Overlooked in 2003

Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tribeca Film Festival, Civil War, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Africa, Liberia, Tribeca Film Festival 2008, Harvard, Women Directors, Women in Africa, Politics News
Abigail E. Disney

How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?

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