01 Jun WITNESS Around The World
News and Events |“WITNESS Around the World” is where you can get the latest on events and trainings and learn more about how you can get involved.
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20 Mar WITNESS hosts panel at United Nations: Women & Technology
News and Events |WITNESS hosted a panel on Women and Technology at the United Nations to discuss how technology is being used to protect and advocate for women’s rights.
25 Nov WITNESS leads Gender-Based Violence Advocacy Training for Refugees in Lebanon
News and Events |The three-day training covered how to safely and ethically document sexual violence in order to advocate for support, systemic change, and justice when those laws are violated.
06 Oct Cape Town: Training Video Activists on Interviewing Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS trains South African activists working on a diverse set of issues on how to safely and ethically interview survivors of gender-based violence.
29 Sep Bukeni Waruzi Speaks at United Nations on Gender-Based Violence
News and Events | WITNESSTaking stock of progress made on the one-year anniversary of the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
18 Sep Activists Convene in Burundi to Talk Video Advocacy
News and Events | Jackie ZammutoWITNESS brings together local and regional organizations to discuss their experience using video for social justice and human rights in Africa’s Great Lakes region.
01 Aug Bukeni’s Excellent Adventures
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS Bukeni Waruzi spent the month traveling the globe to train activists on how to interview survivors of gender-based violence.
16 Jul Exposing Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe
Success Stories | WITNESSSenior Program Manager Bukeni Waruzi first met Zimbabwean human rights defender Kuda Chitsike at a WITNESS video advocacy training in South Africa in 2008. As a lawyer with The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), an independent institute in Zimbabwe, Kuda was eager to learn how
22 May A Warlord Behind Bars
Success Stories | WITNESSIn the long running civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), children as young as eight years old were used as soldiers. Congolese activist Bukeni Waruzi filmed the children’s stories, and with WITNESS’ support produced two videos. These videos were part of a 14-year struggle