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May 11, 2011 | Part Of House Foreign Affairs Committee: Peace Corps at 50

Peace Corps Volunteer Safety, Part 1

Peace Corps volunteers who were raped in their host countries and the mother of a volunteer who was murdered testified about their experiences, the plight of women serving in sometimes hostile cultures, and mental health consequences of rape.

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Howard L. Berman U.S. Representative [D] California
Ann Marie Buerkle U.S. Representative [R] New York

Carol Clark Volunteer (Former) U.S. Peace Corps
Gerry Connolly U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
Karestan Koenin Adjunct Professor Harvard University->Psychiatry
Jennifer Wilson March Director Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network->Hotline and Affiliate Services
Donald M. Payne U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
Ted Poe U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Lois Puzey Parent
David Rivera U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Jean Marie Schmidt U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Chris Smith U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
Jessica Smochek Volunteer (Former)
Frederica Wilson U.S. Representative [D] Florida

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Program ID:: 299454-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: May 12, 2011 | 3:22am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: May 24, 2011 | 3:05am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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