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Angela Wells is a communications professional and writer with fours years of experience in the humanitarian and refugee sector. She formerly served as the Communications Officer for the Jesuit Refugee Service in Eastern Africa. Angela is currently the Communications Officer for the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University in New York City.
Rachel Reed is an independent photojournalist and videographer reporting on East Africa. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and Al Jazeera English, among others.
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Over 1 million people have fled ethnic cleansing and famine in South Sudan, most of them women and children. In a photo and video essay for Refugees Deeply, Angela Wells and Rachel Reed meet the female leaders and refugee women in Uganda who have become warriors for peace.
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