Portrait of Mia Farrow
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Mia Farrow
Actress and Humanitarian Advocate
Mia Farrow is an American actress and humanitarian advocate. She came to attention in the television series Peyton Place and in Rosemary’s Baby (1968), and went on to appear in The Great Gatsby (1974), Death on the Nile (1978), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), among many others.
Since 2000 she has worked as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, travelling repeatedly to Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic and campaigning on displacement, polio eradication and the prevention of mass atrocities. Her memoir What Falls Away was published in 1997.
Tears of the Desert
A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
by Halima Bashir
Recommended via Interview, September 2010
The Responsibility to Protect
Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All
by Gareth Evans
“Gareth Evans started International Crisis and is a person with a conscience as keen as his mind. As Australian foreign minister, he was a key broker of the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia. The Responsibility to Protect was a resolution unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit but, unfortunately, these words have proved to be as hollow as ‘never again’.” — via Interview, September 2010
Worse Than War
Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity
by Daniel Goldhagen
“In Worse than War, Goldhagen lays out the elements; in order for genocide to take place, certain key components must be present: a leader with a political agenda who is able to use people’s existing fears, grievances, convictions or prejudices to convince them that another group poses a threat to their own security and well-being. Details are organised and put into action. Ordinary people choose to participate.” — via Interview, September 2010
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Stories from Rwanda
by Philip Gourevitch
“This book examines the darkest side of human beings. As the mother of many children, including seven sons I realise the importance of bringing up my sons to find peaceful resolutions to conflict – the reality is that it is men who are the violent perpetrators. This killing component is very likely responsible for the survival of the human species over many, many centuries.” — via Interview, September 2010
Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn · Nonfiction
“Sadly, in much of the world life is not better for women and girls. But I think there is a growing awareness in developing countries and I have seen clear evidence of that. There are strong women everywhere and many, even in the most remote corners of the world, are taking a very strong stand. Still, too many women and girls are sentenced to a life of hardship, deprivation and oppression.” — via Interview, September 2010