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Professor gives voice to Congo rape survivors in podcast

 

Lee Ann De Reus, associate professor and this year's Genocide Intervention Network Carl Wilkens Fellow, was featured in a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum "Voices on Genocide Prevention" podcast aired October 8, 2009.

De Reus spoke about the crisis for women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the preliminary results of her interviews with 30 rape survivors.

This bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by the Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, highlights the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates and government officials.

De Reus' podcast is available at http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/C9 online.

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