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Crossings | Women Cross DMZ: Leaders, Activists
Meet the activists and leaders of Women Cross DMZ, an organization for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula. Executive director Christine Ahn, Gloria Steinem, Vana Kim Hansen, Kozue Akibayashi, Netsai Mushonga and other extraordinary women from around the world gather together to do a peace walk across the DMZ in 2015 with the power and influence of a women's movement in their minds.
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