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Women for Peace
April 20, 2015 by John Feffer
“We are walking to invite all concerned to imagine a new chapter in Korean history, one marked by dialogue, understanding and — ultimately — forgiveness,” says organizer Christine Ahn.
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The Unending Korean War: W.E.B Du Bois, Ko Un, and the Women’s Peace Walk
April 15, 2015 by John R. Eperjesi
May 24, 2015 is International Women’s Day for Disarmament. On this day, an international group of women are planning a walk for peace across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the name for the 4-km wide buffer that separates North and South Korea.
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Anatomy of a Hatchet Job: Regarding Women Cross DMZ in CNN’s Situation Room
April 11, 2015 by Gregory Elich
A television news program opens with a clip of marching soldiers, an obligatory image when the subject is North Korea. A voiceover intones: “A bold, ambitious plan apparently sanctioned by Kim Jong Un. Is he in league with the women’s group to promote peace between North and South Korea?”
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CNN Freaks Out over Gloria Steinem’s Participation in North Korean-Sanctioned Peace March
April 8, 2015 by Kathleen Richards
A group of women—including feminist icon Gloria Steinem—have announced their intention to march across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea. They want to bring attention to the fact that the two countries are technically still at war and to call for their reunification.
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Why Gloria Steinem, Other Women and I Plan to March to the World’s Most Fortified Border
April 8, 2015 by Christine Ahn
On the 70th anniversary of Korea’s tragic division by the United States and the former Soviet Union, 30 women peacemakers will walk in support of the peaceful reunification of Korea. Our delegation includes two Nobel Peace laureates, Mairead Maguire and Leymah Gbowee, and authors, such as Gloria Steinem, artists, retired U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright, academics, humanitarian aid workers, faith leaders, mothers and grandmothers from a dozen countries, including several nations that fought in the 1950-53 Korean War.
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