Rape Hotline Reaches out to Women in Somalia
New participant holding a letter from Utah based Ande Uriguien (photo: Lisa Shannon)
Activist Lisa Shannon has just returned from Mogadishu where she’s started a new group to aid victims of sexual violence. She tells host Marco Werman what it’s like for the women who live under the shadow of Somalia’s al-Shabab insurgents.
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