OSI Forum: Lost and Found—Girl Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Location: OSI-New York
Event Date(s): March 2, 2007
Speaker(s): Jimmie Briggs, Debra Schultz, Bukeni Tete Waruzi, Pamela Yates
Multimedia:   AUDIO

The Open Society Institute’s Network Women’s Program & the Office of the Africa Regional Director held a panel discussion, "Lost and Found: Girl Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo." The event also featured a slide show of the work of Marcus Bleasdale, whose photographs of the Congo appeared in OSI's Moving Walls 11 exhibition.

Panelists

• Bukeni Tete Waruzi, Executive Director of the NGO AJEDI-Ka/Projet Enfants Soldats, DRC
• Jimmie Briggs, Author, Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War (Basic Books)
• Gordon Skinner, Filmmaker, Running Dialogue Communications
• Pamela Yates, Director, Skylight Pictures
• Debra Schultz (moderator), Director, Network Women’s Program

Julie Hayes, OSI Africa Regional Director, introduced the event.