"We are supporting them and we feel their suffering and their courage, and we have to take actions against those violations, because it's our duty to those brave women." - Aimen (Algeria)
"Thank you again for providing the rest of the world with your personal accounts of life within the camps. Our hopes and thoughts are with you." - Jesse P. (USA)
"Dear sisters of the Farchana camp. From far away I feel very close to each of you and I do pray that the Good Lord of Life keep you all in his safe hand. May God bless Sudan and you." - Enrico G. (Italy)
"Blessed Sisters...you are not forgotten and peace will come as each woman, the world over, takes her stand for her sister. We love you." - Paddy M., WomanPeace: Women's Wisdom Center, Fargo, North Dakota (USA)
"Thank you for sharing your story with us. Please know that it has made an impact and that many people do care very much." - Megan G. (South Africa)
Today, April 14, 2009, from 8:30 to 10:00 am, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Physicians for Human Rights and the Nobel Women’s Initiative hold a breakfast panel discussion featuring some of the leading experts on Sudan. The panel includes PHR’s own Karen Hirschfeld, Darfur Survival Campaign Director.
- Jody Williams – recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize (host)
- Nadia Bilbassy – Charters, Bureau Chief, Middle East Broadcast Corporation (MBC) (facilitator)
- Karen Hirschfeld – Sudan Campaign Director, Physicians for Human Rights (panelist)
- Emira Woods – Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus, Institute for Policy Studies (panelist)
- Carla Koppell – Director, Institute for Inclusive Security (panelist)
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