This page has annotations:

1. 1 2021-04-22T18:55:16-04:00 Sarah York-Bertram 79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16 Not Yet Sunset Sarah York-Bertram 2 plain 2021-04-22T18:56:12-04:00 Sarah York-Bertram 79c90f81cbadbcee036c97b91365eec227a9fa16

This page is referenced by:

• 1 2020-06-09T19:02:50-04:00 Background 23 plain 2021-04-22T20:05:20-04:00
  On October 23, 2019, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) launched the "Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War" exhibit. The exhibit focuses on girls' experiences in war and the issue of abduction and forced marriage in contemporary conflict situations.  It centres the stories of two girls, Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony, who were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army.
  
  
  Acan and Amony are now grown women, mothers, researchers, activists, authors, and co-founders of the Women's Advocacy Network. They survived years in captivity, escaped to freedom, and now they advocate for justice and reparations.
  
  The Ododo Wa exhibit came together after years of collaboration between curator Isabelle Masson, Conjugal Slavery in War (CSiW) project director Dr. Annie Bunting, CSiW project coordinator Véronique Bourget, Evelyn Amony, and Grace Acan. 
  
  A traveling version of the Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War exhibit launched in Uganda in December 2019.
  
  
  The traveling exhibit was developed to facilitate community dialogues about justice, reparations, and the needs of survivors, their families, and communities in their local, regional, and national contexts.
  
  Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan have both written memoirs about their experiences. Their books are available to purchase.
  
  Find their books by clicking the links on the pictures of Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan holding their memoirs.
  
   
• 1 2021-04-22T20:23:45-04:00 Memoirs 9 Page: an annotated YouTube video clip shows Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony discussing why they wrote their books. This page also includes external links to their memoirs. plain 2021-05-28T14:47:00-04:00 Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan have both written memoirs about their experiences. In the YouTube video on this page, Dr. Kjell Anderson asks Acan and Amony why they wrote their memoirs.
  
  Evelyn Amony replied that, among the many reasons she wrote her memoir, "I wanted the world to know that it's very good to talk about what happens to you, what happened to you, after saying it you can feel better than before, you can feel relieved. Before I wrote my book, I was afraid that whenever I was walking I would feel like people are saying, 'oh, she is useless, [...] she has nothing.' But after writing I felt the courage that I can do it, I still have the courage, but yes I have not gone to school I can still change my life, I can still move on." 
  
  In her response to Anderson's question, Grace Acan states, "I wrote this book to correct the misconceptions that my community was having and to correct some of the things that they were saying and to also give them the right information so that they know exactly what took place. I would also like to let the world know that war has very negative effects on girls and women, so it should be stopped."
  
  Their books are available to purchase. Find their books by clicking the links on the pictures of Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan holding their memoirs.