One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding

The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there.

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition

Photographs are still being taken but aren't being shown. There's one of a skeleton bound at the wrists with pants still around its ankles; if it was a woman, she was likely raped; if it was a man, he was possibly castrated.

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.