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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