From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe is here. Her lifes work provides shelter and work for the female victims in uganda. She has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time. She is the subject of a documentary narrated by Forest Whitaker called sewing hope. Kony prized young girls especially. They were capable killers but can be used as sex slaves for commanding officers. Eventually, these girls became mothers themselves. Some as young as 13 or 14 years old. Six years after kony fled northern uganda, these girls were released from physical bondage, but they still remained enslaved carrying scars from their time in the bush and their captors children on their backs, they had nowhere to turn. The guns have stopped firing, but the war still remains for one woman who directs a small tailoring school in uganda. She fights for these girls using sewing machines. The fate of girls abducted by terrorist groups in africa hav
The event featured Catholic sisters and representatives of key organizations battling human trafficking, who discussed pivotal partnerships, technology and programs helping to prevent trafficking and to aid survivors.
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, an anti-violence activist and educator in Uganda, recently gave a Clarke Forum lecture on gender-based violence and women’s education at Dickinson. She addressed the roots of gender-based violence and the importance of implementing education in the process of healing. Nyirumbe, a member of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has.
Georgetown University hosted an online forum Sept. 14 discussing the challenging and demanding work environments of sisters who are "empowering the most vulnerable."