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

Location: OSI-New York
Event Date: March 2, 2007
Speakers: Jimmie Briggs, Debra Schultz, Bukeni Tete Waruzi, Pamela Yates

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.

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

Innocents Lost—When Child Soldiers Go to War
OSI-New York
November 1, 2005
The Open Society Institute hosted a forum to mark the publication of a book by OSI Individual Project Fellow Jimmie Briggs on the lives of child combatants around the world.

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