1. SDSU Volstorff Ballroom
Women's Challenges and Opportunities in a Complex Political Situation (Conflicts Zones in Eastern Congo) 
Dr. Lee Ann De Reus is Co-Founder of Panzi Foundation USA and an Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Women Studies at Pennsylvania State University-Altoona. She travels regularly to Panzi Hospital in eastern Congo to conduct research, develop programs for rape survivors, and inform her advocacy work in the U.S.
Dr. Lee Ann De Reus
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February 15, 2017
6pm
International Office
Global Studies
Department of History, Political Science, Philosophy, Religion
Department of Women & Gender Studies
Department of Geography
AU & USD
OnAfrika
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SDSU Volstorff Ballroom
Background: In 1999, Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The region has been devastated by war and an epidemic of sexualized violence for twenty years. Today, the Panzi Hospital serves more than 400,000 constituents in the Ibanda Health Zone.  The US based Panzi Foundation makes strategic investments at Panzi Hospital and Panzi Foundation DRC. The Foundation also develops and engages in strategic advocacy to end violence against women and girls in the DRC and around the world.