The Other Side of War - womenforwomen.org

Alice Walker narrates her preface from The Other Side of War, a book by Women for Women International (www.womenforwomen.org) founder Zainab Salbi with striking images and stories of women survivors of wars in Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, the DRC, Kosovo, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Colombia. This mother's day, remember the mothers trying to create a future for their children in spite of war, genocide and civil strife.

www.womenforwomen.org

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• womenforwomen.org
• sudan
• genocide
• rwanda
• afghanistan
• iraq
• nigeria
• violence
• against
• women
• mothers
• mother's
• day

[RenataSothy]

Thanks for sharing these sad realities - may they STOP, soon ...

[knucklehead48]

Tonight I heard Lisa Shannon speak. She is a true inspiration! We can be too. Women, forget the beauty backlash and instead of spending all that money on beauty products, expensive face creams and perfumes, not to speak of wardrobes of clothes and shoes, give that money away to Women for Women and fight the real cause of our unhappiness on this earth - the patriarchal disregard for women and children! We can start a revolution! It really is in our hands!

[KimCMuir]

Thanks to this site I am able to help in some small way. May God Bless all the woman out there who suffer n a daily basis. Their reward shall be great in Heaven.

[ElementAlkemy]

Jai ma

[P23MOVEMENT]

yes! women come together and bring balance to Mother Earth.

[grapatin]

Thanks to Women for Women, I feel a little less helpless than I used to about the appalling conditions Afghani women are living in today. Because I now sponsor a 34-year-old woman there, and mother of five (including 3 girls), I am no longer appalled; I am acting.

[tgav1943]

Gavin 2010

What Ms. Alice Walker is trying to say that women need to stick together through the hard times. We as people forget the basic things in life. This is food, water, love, clothing, smiles and etc.

I have looked at the other videos about Congo and Sudan. This lady made a beautiful statement. One woman can change anything, but many women can change everything. They all have the same message help another sister. Thank God for the women for women international.

[DebbieMcgroder]

How thin the layer of civilization we live on! Living in a country free of war on its soil, I feel safe. This disturbs me, reminds me that safety is fragile and can be taken away if someone decides they do not need to be civil. This reminds me not to imagine that the whole world is like my back yard. As Alice Walker said, we all need to listen to each other. Listening is more economically sound then war. War ruins all of our futures. Think globally, act locally. Mcgroder2010

[queensmum]

Wow! well I must say that I do tire of seeing these types of images of African women. Depressed,oppressed,clearly stressed,abused,homely. Everything Alice speaks of is completely true and I do understand her well. I just find it all so horribly sad and hopeless. It seems so big and impossible to fix. Between culture and classism and religion, it just seems like to big a problem to correct. Telford2010

[01070302]

this is amazing, its stating why so many women in that country or region have many problems, no one listens to each other and when this happens it causes many problems and confusion. women and children are troubled by the men and abused,and when this type of situation happens,it cause a lot of doomed people in the community.  they said we have to achieve for ourselves and by doing this it will cause change.

(Mujib2010)