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...Viewers can expect to come out of the exhibit with conflicting emotions, ranging from rage to despair to hope. Organized by Myrna Balk, a Boston artist and social worker, the show features drawings by Nepalese women, as well as etchings and photographs by Balk that chronicle her experiences in Nepal and the social issues she faced during her time there...
Balk had traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1998 to consult with a non-governmental organization about the issue of domestic violence. She also taught at the School of Social Work there, where she met and worked with women and girls living in local shelters—many of them victims of domestic violence and forced prostitution in India...
...mutilating the dead bodies of their own comrades, and those of our soldiers that they have murdered. They are recruiting children as young as 13 years old. They are using extortion and torture to coerce the support of innocent villagers. They claim they are doing this to help Nepal deal with the real problems we face. These methods they are using will never help. Let them give up violence and work within democracy to build a better Nepal. That is the only way forward...
...ready to address the problems facing the country, but at the same time we cannot do that, we cannot develop the country, we cannot work for social equality-- we cannot do anything for Nepal without peace. I am eager to address the problems of the villagers. Ours is a rural country and the economy of the rural areas must be developed. To do any of this we must have peace. The inhumane methods being used by the Maoists will bring nothing but more suffering to the people of Nepal...
...against terrorism from the moment the U.S. asked for that support. I cannot believe that the US war against terrorism was meant for terrorism only in Afghanistan. I believe that the international coalition must address all forms of terrorism. We appeal for aid in our fight against terrorism in Nepal...