by jeff | Oct 1, 2017 | Blog
As I go through old photographs of the Women and Genocide Symposium, I look forward to this year’s event. Last year, I had the privilege of helping to organize DWAG’s 5th Annual Symposium on Women and Genocide: The Case of Darfur, in Washington, DC. As DWAG’S...
by jeff | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
I was pleased to read the press statement by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that the United Nations together with the Sudan Humanitarian Fund have earmarked $21 million for relief work in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile States,...
by jeff | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog
Over the last two days, pictures of tragedy have surfaced on social media. A group of young university students, with only backpacks, a dim sadness on their faces and exhausted from miles of walking on their feet’s to reach the capital of Sudan. It’s the Sudanese...
by jeff | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog
Roksana Verahrami Last Friday, as the UN made its decision regarding UNAMID’s funding, the world was once again reminded of the need for UNAMID, despite its past failures. In a wicked and ironic twist, last Friday, the 30th of June 2017, a group of women were...
by jeff | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog
DARFUR NEEDS YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER SPEAK UP SILENCE KILLS MORE PEOPLE EVERY DAY!!!! Fourteen years into Darfur’s catastrophe and civilian casualties increase each day while the world remains SILENT!!! Violence, rape, arrests, and torture have devastated the...
by jeff | May 3, 2017 | Blog
Niemat Ahmadi In reference to Sudanese Ambassador, Khalid Mustafa’s letter, stating “violence in Darfur is much reduced.” I find Mr. Mustafa’s letter dismaying and far from reality. As a survivor of the genocide in Darfur, millions of Darfuris and I long for...
