Nowhere to Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women [.pdf]

Author: Physicians for Human Rights in partnership with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Publisher: Physicians for Human Rights in partnership with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Publication Date: May 30, 2009
Copyright: 2009
Publisher Website: http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
Language: English

Category: Sudan, Human Rights, Women and Gender, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, Conflict, Peace and Security


Nowhere to Turn amplifies the voices of some 88 women in the Farchana refugee camp, some of them breaking their silence for the first time. They spoke about the sexual assaults visited upon them both in Darfur and in the environs of the refugee camps in Chad, and about their lives and difficulties in the camp. The report reveals the profound stigma and physical violence to which many women have been subjected as a result of sexual assault.


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