One Night, One Voice: Spotlighting Rape as a War Crime

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (http://bit.ly/sadcH), in partnership with the Save Darfur Coalition, hosted the nationwide release of a 12-minute film on gender-based violence, featuring testimonials of women living in refugee camps in Chad and Darfur, Sudan. The film was followed by an in-depth discussion on gender-based violence and the ways in which rape is used as a weapon of war.

This video is excerpted from the discussion. To view the entire discussion - including the 12-minute film, please visit http://bit.ly/1229nV. You can also learn more about the long-term effects of gender-based violence in Physicians for Human Rights' report, Nowhere to Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women (http://bit.ly/1ilPi3). Pledge to take action against this war crime at http://bit.ly/COe4l.

Participants in the discussion were:
Maria Bello, actor, Member of the Save Darfur Coalition, and Envoy for the Enough Project to end genocide and crimes against humanity.

Niemat Ahmadi, Darfuri Liaison Officer, Save Darfur Coalition, and Founding Member, Darfuri Leaders Network.

Dr. Kelly Dawn Askin, Senior Legal Officer, International Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative.

John Heffernan, Director, Genocide Prevention Initiative, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Rev. Dr. Gloria E. White-Hammond, Chairwoman of the Save Darfur Coalition Board of Directors, Co-pastor of the Bethel AME Church in Boston, Co-founder of My Sisters Keeper, and formerly a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center.

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