My Heart Is Cut: Sexual Violence by Rebels and Pro-Government Forces in Côte dIvoire
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 2 August 2007
- Tags:
- Cote d'Ivoire, Conflict, Peace and Security, Women and Gender, Human Rights
Since an armed conflict erupted in 2002 between the Ivorian government and northern-based rebel groups, girls and women in Côte dIvoire have been victims of brutal forms of sexual violence by armed men on both sides of the military and political divide.
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