Halyna stayed at her house in the Kyiv region when Russian troops occupied it in 2022. Iryna was helping the Ukrainian military in the east of the country when Russia-controlled separatists detained her in 2014. Lyudmila spent three years ...See moreHalyna stayed at her house in the Kyiv region when Russian troops occupied it in 2022. Iryna was helping the Ukrainian military in the east of the country when Russia-controlled separatists detained her in 2014. Lyudmila spent three years in separatist prisons in Donetsk for supporting Ukraine. Bakira was constrained by Serb forces in Visegrad as Bosnia and Herzegovina fell into war. Why is sexual violence a weapon of war? How can survivors find the strength to fight for justice and punish the perpetrators? What happens to children born of conflict-related sexual violence? Survivors share their stories.
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