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"I look at myself as having the potential to be as strong and caring as the amazing women I met in Kenya."

Kate Cummings (Tufts University) volunteered in 2009 as a Peace Fellow for Vital Voices in Africa.

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Sarajevo: Trauma and Recovery

Issue 11: Memories of the Siege
Breakdown of relations and commencement of the war around Sarajevo described; in 1998 memories of the war are still raw, and survivors of the siege are beginning to pick up the pieces of their lives.

Issue 12: Politics, Law, and Return to Sarajevo
In mid-1999, declared the "Year of Return," return advocacy organizations all over Bosnia and Herzegovina are faced with fierce obstruction, often including violence. In Sarajevo there is obstruction, most often of a bureaucratic nature, to Serb and Croat return.

Issue 13: The Serbs of Sarajevo: 'Stepchildren Of Dayton'
Activists from the Democratic Initiative of Sarajevo Serbs (DISS) describe their work and advocacy for displaced Serbs whom they hope to help return to Sarajevo. Lara, a displaced Sarajevo Croat, describes her personal struggle for return in the face of maddening obstruction.

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