Thank you for this revelatory piece on violence against women in Africa (http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/46280). The contents of the article both horrified me and spurred me to action. I have shared the article with my classmates in my current Media and Gender course.

My opinion is that the movement for women's rights needs to reach the same worldwide fever pitch as the movement for AIDS education or Environmental Protection. I believe this can be accomplished through the coordination of International NGOs, corporations, and governments and law-making organizations.

I believe we could start organizing a benefit walk to raise money for this cause, much like the nationwide walks for breast cancer. My question for you is: when we have money to distribute, what specific organizations should it go to, considering that we need to attack this problem from many angles (education of boys and girls, lobbying for women's political involvement, exposure through media or documentaries, pressure on governments and UN, support for physical and emotional recovery of the women)? What priorities would you delineate in this fight against global femicide?