Kenya: Rape Survivors Share Their Testimonies
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Oct 24 08
Witnessed: 374 times
Kenya
Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women
HIV/AIDS, kenya, rape, sexual violence
It was an exercise in democracy that went disastrously wrong. The tensions that followed Kenya's presidential elections quickly spiralled into an orgy of murder and rape. Almost a year on, a new generation of victims is being born to women who survived attackers using rape as a political weapon. And as the mothers of the 'rape' babies struggle to care for their children, many of the men who attacked them, remain free. Yvonne Ndege has returned to the home of one woman who survived the violence, but may not live to see her daughter grow up. (October 20, 2008)
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