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Her death left me stunned, shocked and filled with anguish, yet also inspired me to do all I can to prevent such horrors from happening to others in the future.
“It’s not that my life has been exceptionally plagued with sexism. It’s that it hasn’t.”
It’s painful to admit that I have fallen short, missed the mark—that I have not been a better ally to women in the struggle to maintain their reproductive rights.
As a survivor myself, I can tell you that there is no greater gift to rape survivors than to be believed and validated.
“Because of this, I want to study hard in order to help those who have been mistreated.”
“It is important that you value my testimony… I come here now because I trust you … and I expect justice.”
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A high school theater piece in Tunisia reveals what girls there consider the double victimization of rape. “I think it’s time for the Tunisian society to understand that a shotgun marriage will never be the solution for rape,” one girl says.
As schools like Stanford University face lawsuits over ignoring sexual “predators,” survivors of these assaults need better support and justice.
Victoire Mukambanda was one of the instrumental witnesses who testified to bring about the first conviction of rape as a war crime in Rwanda. That historic trial is the focus of the new documentary “The Uncondemned.”