Powerpoint presentation by Karen Hirschfeld, Sudan Coordinator, Physicians for Human Rights. Includes background on the conflict, PHR's findings concerning genocide, information on sexual violence, life in IDP camps, and policy recommendations.

1. Darfur>> What is happening What can we do Photo: Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience

3. Zeinab’s Story

4. 300,000-500,000 Dead

5. Up to 90% of Non-Arab Darfurian Villages D estroyed Photo: Anthony Njguna for Reuters

6. Over 2.8 million displaced Photo: Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience

7. Hundreds of thousands remain at risk of disease and malnutrition Photo: Jerry Fowler

8. Setting the Scene Maps: Public Broadcasting Service Darfur, meaning land of the Fur, is the size of Texas It is bordered by Chad, Libya and the Central African Republic North - sandy desert, South - bush forest

11. Khartoum Ascendant Khartoum is booming.

14. www.edcnews.se Early 2000s: The GoS began to arm and support Arab militias. They became known as the Janjaweed.

15. Spring, 2003: The two main rebel groups, the SLA and JEM, attack gov’t outposts in northern Darfur Instead of negotiating, army Janjaweed counter with a scorched-earth response.

16. Government Response: Attacks on Villages

19. Land Scorched

20. Community Destroyed

21. Bomb crater left by GoS Aircraft Crater left by bomb dropped by Government military aircraft

22. Russian Artillery

23. Livestock Killed and Stolen

31. Life in Refugee Camps in Chad and IDP Camps in Sudan Photo: Jerry Fowler

32. Photo: National Geographic Farmers are now dependent upon international food aid

33. Thousands of women have been raped while leaving camps to collect firewood

39. Educate Yourself Actions: www.physiciansforhumanrights.org www.genocideintervention.net, www.standnow.org News: www.reliefweb.int, www.sudantribune.com www.sudanreeves.org Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Charles Bakst, The Providence Journal Books: Prunier, Gerald: “Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide” Flint, J. and de Waal, A.: “A Short History of a Long War” Divestment: www.sudandivestment.org, www.fidelityoutofsudan.org

40. www.physiciansforhumanrights.org