Saturday, April 2, 2011

Fleeing the violence. Pictures of a conflict.

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I do not see women wielding weapons in Abidjan. Only men.
I do not see women by the presidential candidates to negotiate a peaceful end, already impossible, to post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire. Only men.
I do not
see women pillaging, raping, looting, killing civilians in Abidjan, Duekue, or Daloa ... Only men.

I see women who demonstrate peacefully for a presidential candidate.

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I see w
omen walking through the forest for weeks with their sons and daughters in tow.

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I see women who are working daily to feed his family.



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I see children who collect firewood and carry on their fragile bodies.

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I see women with their families, crammed into tents in refugee camps.




I see women who
care for sick children.

I see children who have left school.


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According to the media, more than a million peopl
e have been displaced from Cote d’Ivoire to neighboring countries to escape violence. Of which it is estimated that half are minors.

Fleeing the violence!

A euphemism of western press to not describe a situation that hurts even without living it in person.

It would be more proper to say that fleeing from certa
in death to a death less likely, but more painful, slow and agonizing that is the death of hope.

The hope of reuniting with their families.

The hope of returning to their homes.
The hope that their children have a better future through education
.
The hope to express their opinions freely.
The hope of having a healthy life.

The hope of a decent job.
The hope to live in peace.


Fleeing the violence!

Is not violence demonstrate peacefully and die defending their ideals?

Is not violence live for weeks in a forest exposed to that in a co
ntrol of militia, women and girls could be raped?
Is not violence sleep outdoors in the woods without mosquito nets and that their sons and daughters could get malaria or other diseases?
Is not violence that their sons or daughters could die because they don't have access to health services?
Is not violence living in a refugee camp and leave their homes behind?
Is not violence that some brothers and sisters were living alone because they can't find their parents?
Is not violence that children can not go to school?
Is not violence expose their sons and daughters to be
raped when they leave the camp to collect firewood?
Is not the worst o
f violence living without hope?

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