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Supporting Genocide Survivors of Sexual Violence in Remembrance of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Today, 7 April 2018, it’s the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On this day we commemorate this genocide where in a period of 100 days only, about [...]
Why colonial slavery should not be equated with human trafficking (‘modern slavery’)
Two wrongdoings that need recognition in their own right Dr. Eefje de Volder Today on the International day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade we look back at a [...]
International Women’s Day 2018
By Chiun Min Seah On this 2019 International Women’s Day, we shine the light on Rwandan genocide survivors of sexual violence. Around 1 million people were murdered during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in the east-central African nation of Rwanda. Between 250,000 and 500,000 women were raped [...]
Happy International Women’s Day!
By Chiun Min Seah It’s 2018 and we are seeing increasing campaigns which are pledged to give victims of sexual violence a platform for their voices to be heard. There have been so many movements [...]
Listening to male victims of sexual violence: Faustin Kayihura
Faustin Kayihura in front of his house (© Samer Muscati (2008); “The Men Who Killed Me”) ** This blog is based on a presentation made on 31 January 2018 on the topic of male sexual [...]
WE ARE READY TO JUMP!!!
We finally did it! We have started our own organisation: IMPACT: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict. How were we able to make this giant jump? Where did it all begin…? Finding your true [...]