<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/spring-2010/advocate-victims-violence.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>An Advocate for Victims of Violence</title><excerpt>Aileen Silva Carroll ’99 lives in one of the most violent cities in Brazil so she can help victims of domestic violence. Murder is the leading cause of death for women of childbearing age in Recife, and the killers are often people close to the victims. Yet few services or shelters serve abused women, and the law fails to protect them.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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