"Strength Through Adversity: Women and Mass Violence" (International Women's Day, March 8, 2012)

From left: Kimberly Mann, Manager, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme; Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, USC; Beth Meyerowitz, Vice Provost, Professor of Psychology and Preventive Medicine, USC; Sabina Vajrača, Bosnian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer; and Rose Mapendo, survivor of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

From left: Beth Meyerowitz, Vice Provost, Professor of Psychology and Preventive Medicine, USC; Kimberly Mann, Manager, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme; Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, USC; Rose Mapendo, survivor of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Sabina Vajrača, Bosnian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Kimberly Mann, Manager, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme.

Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, USC.

An audience member addresses the panelists.

From left: Kimberly Mann, Manager, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme; Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, USC; and Rose Mapendo, survivor of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Abdullah Aimaque, Consul-General of Afghanistan in Los Angeles.

Beth Meyerowitz, Vice Provost, Professor of Psychology and Preventive Medicine, USC.

Rose Mapendo, survivor of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation Institute.

In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, the Institute and The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme convened a roundtable discussion, "Strength Through Adversity: Women and Mass Violence," at the University of Southern California. The roundtable focused on the capacity of women to overcome adversity and empower others in the face of extreme violence; participants included women survivors of recent conflicts in Central Africa and Eastern Europe. more

Album posted on: March 14, 2012