One Night, One Voice: A national advocacy night to end violence against women in Darfur will be observed by Lynchburg College's Chapter of Stand: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in Hopwood Hall, Room 11.
Stand will show the nationwide premier of a Save Darfur Coalition-produced short film titled Violence Against Women and the Darfur Genocide. Following the showing, participants will take part in a live-streamed panel discussion featuring celebrity and expert voices on gender-based violence.
The Sudanese government and its allied janjaweed militias continue to conduct a targeted campaign of sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur. International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said in his request for an arrest warrant for Sudanese President al-Bahsir that "rape is an integral part of the pattern of destruction" in Darfur.
One Night, One Voice seeks to engage activists in advocating for specific steps that will help halt this endemic violence. These steps include securing U.S. funding for gender and sensitivity training for Darfur's civilian protection force and fully implementing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1820, which works to protect civilians from the use of sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations.
More information on One Night, One Voice can be found at www.savedarfur.org/women. For more information on the LC event, contact Carolyn Walsh at 508/397-0680 or walsh_c@students.lynchburg.edu.