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Post | 07/21/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Seven: It Takes a Village … and Then Some

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her efforts in Rwanda where the education and raising of the children must not be overlooked
By Ashley Judd

Post | 07/20/2008 8:17 am

Poor African Women Face Greatest Risk in Global Food Crisis

In Africa, when there is less food, the women are the last to eat.
By The Staff of wowOwow

A Friend Stopped By | 08/18/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part 11: 'I Was in Dark Water'

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her work in Africa and in the fight against gender-based violence
By Ashley Judd

Post | 08/14/2008 10:30 am

In Africa Women Who Can't Get Pregnant Are Called 'Useless'

Increasing number of clinics are opening in a country where society often shuns women for not producing children
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden | 08/05/2008 4:30 pm

The Horror of Child Soldiers: One Bestselling Story

Ishmael Beah, bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, talks to Cynthia McFadden about his life as a child soldier in Africa
Lesley Stahl

Lesley Stahl | 08/05/2008 1:30 pm

The Prime of Rosemary Gibbons

Lesley Stahl shares the story of her friend Rosemary Gibbons, whose later-in-life dedication to making a difference in Africa is triumphing over familial resistance, cultural differences and, most recently, malaria

A Friend Stopped By | 08/04/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Nine: The Road to a Life in Sex Work

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd learns in heartbreaking detail the circumstances that compel a woman in Africa into sex work
By Ashley Judd
Cynthia McFadden

Cynthia McFadden | 07/31/2008 2:30 pm

Rick Warren's PEACE Plan in Rwanda

The girl in the yellow dress

A Friend Stopped By | 07/28/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Eight: Family Planning at Work

Population Services International’s global ambassador witnesses a PSI success story
By Ashley Judd

A Friend Stopped By | 07/14/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Six: So Much Potential, So Little Time

wOw Friend’ and Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd spends a day in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
By Ashley Judd
Ashley being greeted by the women

Photo Essay | 07/14/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Six: So Much Potential ...

wOw Friend’ and Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd spends a day in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Post | 07/07/2008 12:00 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Five: Not a Breeze-in, Breeze-out Kind of Gal

wOw Friend’ and Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her efforts in Rwanda on World Malaria Day
By Ashley Judd

Post | 06/30/2008 11:30 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Diaries Part Four: The Drums Beat the Skulls From My Dreams

wOw friend’ and Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her efforts in Rwanda, where her experiences are beginning to fuel her optimism
By Ashley Judd
mille collines

Photo Essay | 06/16/2008 11:10 am

Ashley Judd's Rwanda Photos Part Three: When the Machetes Stopped Hacking Bodies

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd’s Rwandan experience in photographs

Post | 06/16/2008 11:10 am

Ashley Judd’s Rwanda Diaries Part Three: When the Machetes Stopped Hacking Bodies

Population Services International’s global ambassador Ashley Judd continues her efforts in Rwanda, where healing is underway and the flowers are in bloom
By Ashley Judd