Worldview 11/13/2008

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Congolese women displaced by fighting wait in line at a food distribution center. (Reuters)

Today, a Chicago-area woman talks about her efforts to improve literacy and early childhood education in Rwanda. Also, we'll hear an update on the fighting in eastern Congo. One aid worker described Democratic Republic of Congo as the "worst place" to be a woman or child.

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Congo: War and Atrocities Escalate

Alison Des Forges — Senior Africa Advisor to Human Rights Watch
Global Activism: Preventing Conflict in Rwanda through Literacy

Kristine Spencer — Supporter and Co-Founder of the International Family Literacy Initiative Didacienne Mukahabeshimana — Founder of Umuhuza, a conflict prevention and reconciliation organization in Rwanda

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