“My Heart Is Cut”: Sexual Violence by Rebels and Pro-Government Forces in Côte d’Ivoire

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 d’Ivoire 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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