Weekly Wrap Up: February 20, 2011

First, Some Thoughts This afternoon, a friend and I are going to attend a V-Day event in Washington, D.C. The show, called A Memory, a Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer, is the work of Eve Ensler and is similar to the Vagina Monologues. It is modeled after the book with the same title that […]

Congo’s Greatest Resource: Empowered Women

With high spirits, song, dance, and drums, women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated last weekend and wore black t-shirts that read, “stop the rape of our most precious resource.” Even more remarkable, the apathetic Congolese government sent a high-level delegation of officers and peacemakers as security, a spectacle that lined the streets with […]

Weekly Wrap Up: January 30, 2011

This is the first post of what I plan to be many in my new series, the Weekly Wrap Up. Each week, I will briefly highlight some of the stories I did not cover in depth and provide links to news articles. Happy reading! Egyptian Protests It is hard to miss this story in the […]