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/ 5 February 2007

Women speaking Africa

Awut Deng Acuil, presidential adviser on gender and human rights in southern Sudan, speaks (in the soft, urgent tones of a troubled mother) about mobilising women to negotiate peace in her region. African-American Aids activist Sheryl-Lee Ralph rips a piece of tape from her mouth and lets out a mournful note that pierces the air like a stiletto.