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On today’s Underreported segments, we talk about violence against young girls in both Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Later on, a husband and wife team talk about working to rebuild Afghanistan’s health care system. Plus: we talk to two skaters from New York City's only all-female roller derby league. And we talk to a man who spent two decades on death row before DNA evidence exonerated him.
Underreported: Young Girls in Zimbabwe
Just an hour’s drive from the tourist destination Victoria Falls, young girls in Zimbabwe are surrounded by poverty, political instability, and physical and sexual violence. The widespread belief that sleeping with a virgin will cure a man of HIV/AIDS has made sexual violence an everyday part of life. Betty Makoni, ...
Underreported: Girl Soldiers in the DRC
Former Congo militia leader Thomas Lubanga will be brought to trial soon at the International Criminal Court. He's accused of war crimes that include conscripting child many girl soldiers he conscripted were also kept as sex slaves. Bukeni Tete Waruzi, director of AJEDI-Ka/Projet Enfants Soldats in the eastern ...
Rebuilding Afghanistan's Healthcare System
Fred and Mary Hartman, a husband and wife medical team, tell us about working to help rebuild Afghanistan’s healthcare system.
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Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Pop Rock and Ginger Snap, two skaters from New York City's only all-female roller derby league, tell us what it takes to be a Gotham Girl.
Two Decades on Death Row...for a Crime He Didn't Commit
In 1978, Kerry Max Cook was convicted of rape and murder in Texas. He spent the next two decades on death row, protesting his innocence. In Chasing Justice, Kerry Max Cook talks about his ordeal, and the DNA evidence that finally exonerated him.
Chasing Justice is available for purchase at ...
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