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"Ododo Wa" Community Dialogues YouTube: "Advocating for Justice and Reparations in Uganda" Video: This is an annotated YouTube video documenting a discussion panel in which Evelyn Amony, Grace Acan, and Isabelle Masson discuss the exhibit and advocating for justice and reparations in Uganda. The panel was held 24 October 2019 at the Moot Courtroom of Robson Hall, Faculty of Law building at the University of Manitoba

News Media

As a strategy for impact and engagement, CSiW, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), and the Refugee Law Project (RLP), engaged news media and journalists in the launch of the "Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War" exhibits. Journalists and news media organizations have been an important part of documenting the exhibit, its travels, and its aims. As a result, there is a wealth of materials to consider in a news media analysis.

Selected news features, excerpts, and quotes are showcased in this path to show how news media took up the exhibit. In addition, this path includes Evelyn Amony's and Grace Acan's reflections on their experience talking to the media as well as "deeper dives" into topics that emerged from journalists' coverage.

This analysis was conducted by CSiW graduate researchers Sarah York-Bertram, Andrea González, and Zhi Ming Sim. We found that most of the news media coverage functioned as a platform for more storytelling and comment by those who were involved with the exhibit. Therefore, the main information this analysis comprises involves: the way news media frames and engages the exhibit; the types of questions posed by journalists; the responses to these questions, by those involved; and the future directions that appear to be relevant based on the exchanges in news media. To gather feedback, these findings were presented to CSiW student researchers and partnersm as well as Grace Acan, and Evelyn Amony.

Through a close reading of the news media sources we found five main themes:
1) survivor-centred approaches to sexual violence in conflict,
2) "breaking silence" on experiences of women and girls in war;
3) persistent struggles
4) justice for survivors; and
5) transnational organizing and future directions

Follow the path through each theme below.

Sources

Where possible, links to sources consulted in this media analysis are included.
Transcripts for some sources, such as Grace Acan's and Evelyn Amony's interview with Ismaila Alfa, have been made. If you would like to request a transcript, e-mail your request to csiwproj@yorku.ca.

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1. Survivors Page: this is the beginning of the path through the survivors' perspectives and responses to the traveling exhibit. Survivors' perspectives are centred in the exhibit itself. And, the exhibit has been presented to survivors of conjugal slavery in war. This path also includes a co-authored reflection by Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan about their experiences presenting the exhibit to survivors, affected communities, and the general public in Canada and in Uganda.
5. The Public

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