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UN World Food Programme Featured in Blood Diamond

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It's not often that the UN World Food Programme gets a role in a movie, but it does in Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio, which was released early this month. The WFP provided food aid from 1991-2002 during the civil war in Sierra Leone. Watch a PSA for WFP by Blood Diamond stars Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly. .

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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While many remember it as a male-dominated organization, Cleaver, Angela Davis, and other women actually played a large role in leading the movement to empower African American communities during the Civil Rights era. After her interview with Barbara Walters, Jazz Jennings' rise has been nothing short of meteoric. Queen Anna Nzinga.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. I remember a very wonderful woman from Sierra Leone, Sarandabba, saying to me, "You know in a war, women are raped, but Mother Earth is also raped. BB: You do a lot of interviews.

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