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Fellows in the Field

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Kate Cummings,
2009

"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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    Surviving Uterine Prolapse in Nepal - Photo Credit: Libby Abbott, 2008
    Mansala is one of many women who have lived with uterine prolapse in Nepal and told their story to AP. AP is working with the Women’s Reproductive Rights Program to empower women with prolapse and encourage them to lobby the government for more services. Read more…
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    Identifying the Disappeared in Peru
    The Advocacy Projects’s partner, the Peruvian Forensic Anthropological Team (EPAF), has helped relatives to reclaim their lost loved ones and claim their rights. In 2009, Gerardo Fernando Mendoza (center) was elected mayor of Putis, scene of a notorious massacre. Read more…
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    Travellers Inspire Landmark Rulings - Photo Credit: Susan Craig-Greene, 2010
    After five years of resisting eviction, the Travellers at Dale Farm took their case to Britain’s High Court in 2008. In two rulings, the Court has decided that members of a recognized minority cannot be evicted if this will result in homelessness. AP has supported the Travellers since 2005. Read more…
Relatives of Peru's Disappeared Use Knitting to Demand Justice, Meet Police Resistance
2Aug 2010
Lima, Peru: Women from the National Association of Detained and Missing Family Members of Peru (Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos del Peru) (ANFASEP) gathered recently outside Lima’s Justice Ministry to protest the government’s failure to locate their missing relatives and provide reparations. The women were moved on by police as soon as they began knitting their “Scarf of Hope” (“Chalina de la Esperanza”) which carries the names of the disappeared and now measures 200 meters in length. The ANFASEP knitters also try to invite ordinary Peruvians to knit with them as an act of solidarity. Their protest was observed by AP Peace Fellow Karin Orr, who is volunteering this summer with the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF), an AP partner and sponsor of ANFASEP. Read Karin’s report...
Afghan Women Challenge Donors to Invest in Women, through Civil Society
22July 2010
Kabul, Afghanistan: Meeting last weekend in Kabul, on the eve of the international donor conference, 200 leading Afghan women advocates called for a major program of investment in Afghan women, with funds being channeled directly through women’s organizations. The meeting was organized by the Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) an AP partner, and Equality For Peace and Democracy (EPD). Several delegates later met with the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton. Tuesday’s donor conference, however, appeared to ignore their appeal. The final communiqué barely mentioned women’s rights and decided to send 50% of all future aid through the government, not NGOs. Read more…
Presidents and Prime Ministers Join Grieving Relatives to Rebury 775 Srebrenica Victims
19Jul 2010
Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Several world leaders joined more than 50,000 mourners at the site of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre on July 11, to mark the 15th anniversary of the atrocity and rebury the remains of 775 newly-identified massacre victims. The ceremony also featured 13 memorial quilts woven by the women's group Bosfam. Two quilts are currently being exhibited in the US. AP's website carries online maps of all 15 quilts, profiles of the weavers, extensive pages on the massacre, and the blogs of AP Peace Fellow Laila Zulphakil, who is currently volunteering at Bosfam. Read more...
Harsh Comments for AP's Work with the Travellers of Dale Farm
2Jul 2010
Susan Craig-Greene, who is volunteering as a Peace Fellow with the Dale Farm Travellers (right) in Southeast England, has provoked a lively debate in the local media after using her blog to suggest that local residents should engage with the Travellers. Scores of readers denounced Ms Craig-Greene and The Advocacy Project after the Basildon Echo ran a news story on her blog. One commentator observed: "Our colonial cousins have no clue. (She would) be better of staying in the US fighting for the rights of the indigenous Indian Americans rather than poking her nose into something she knows nothing about." Susan has also been criticized by the blogger "Ambush Predator." Susan is a graduate of Essex University (UK) and a full-time resident in the UK.
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