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

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Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. That seems to represent the indomitability of the spirit of these women for whom singing is a real celebration, on the one hand, and they told me, on the other hand, it helps them forget their troubles, which are huge.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. We know that the carbon impact of all that travel is bad for the planet, and the personal impact of all that travel is bad on our bodies. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. Why do I do it?

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. My favorite scene from the movie is these women, all ages, all sizes, going to surround the peace talks in Ghana, which were essentially going nowhere.

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