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Protect the Women of Darfur
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  2. Created By
    Sarah McConnaughey
    Mesquite, NV
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The women in Darfuri refugee camps regularly fall prey to a targeted campaign of rape encouraged by the Sudanese government.

Peacekeepers have tried to protect women, but they have failed because they are short of resources and stretched too thin to do the job.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION

Darfuri women live 'nightmare,' Harvard-backed study says - CNN.com

DarfuriWomen.org

Darfuri Women Report Ominous Pattern of Rape - washingtonpost.com

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The women in Darfuri refugee camps regularly fall prey to a targeted campaign of rape encouraged by the Sudanese government.</p>
<p>Peacekeepers have tried to protect women, but they have failed because they are short of resources and stretched too thin to do the job.</p>
<p><a href="http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/dreamfordarfur">PLEASE TAKE ACTION</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/darfur.rape.study/index.html">Darfuri women live 'nightmare,' Harvard-backed study says - CNN.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://darfuriwomen.phrblog.org/">DarfuriWomen.org</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/30/AR2009053002249.html">Darfuri Women Report Ominous Pattern of Rape - washingtonpost.com</a>

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