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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. That is also very valuable for us, for more media outlets to be aware of our content, and what we are producing. This is the kind of stuff we want to be reading."

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. In this case, the girls were using poetry.