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Archive for April 2nd, 2008

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Struggling to Undo the Damage of Sexual Violence

Posted by warvictims on April 2, 2008

Struggling to Undo the Damage of Sexual Violence
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale is low and money tight.

“We’ve been left to fend for ourselves. We get little help from outside. Many of our members have died,” the group’s chairwoman, Pelagie Ndokoyanga, told IRIN/PlusNews. Read the rest of this entry »

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