"Returned" is a feature length documentary that follows several Nepali child soldiers including Asha, a young Nepali girl, who was sent home from the Maoist's People's Liberation Army after the cease fire. Asha joined the Maoist army when she was 14-years-old. For this young low-caste girl, joining the Maoist was a pathway to a future with education and employment. Despite two years of being on the frontlines, her biggest concern was what would await her when she returned home. Film excerpt 8:36. www.nepald
Gunfire erupts in the DRC as Women for Women International founder Zainab Salbi talked with Honorata, survivor of sexual enslavement rebuilding her life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sexual violence and slavery are rising to horrific levels in the war in the Congo. Now more than ever, women like Honorata need our help. Sponsor a woman in the Congo - www.womenforwomen.org
Women for Women International reports from DR Congo in concert with Anderson Cooper's piece for 60 Minutes, "War Against Women" featuring Women for Women International's program in the DR Congo. A Jan 2008 Women for Women International release. www.womenforwomen.org