Medical doctors brief congressional staffers on the lack of medical care provision for survivors of sexual violence. Photo by Martha Heinemann Bixby for the Save Darfur Coalition.
Updates
- 01/07/2010: New Attacks in Darfur: Mutilation, Rape and Killing of Civilians
- 11/25/2009: Campaign on Gender-Based Violence Begins by Honoring Darfuri Women Refugees
- 11/24/2009: Tell Congress: Speak Up for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Darfur
- 11/23/2009: PRESS RELEASE: Rights Groups Urge Clinton to Address Treatment of Rape Survivors in Sudan Policy
- 11/23/2009: 37,000 Darfur Refugees at Risk in Eastern Chad as NGOs Suspend Aid
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Risking Life For Human Rights
The Farchana Manifesto
In the Farchana camp on June 5, 2008, seven women were rounded up for public humiliation and torture: tied-up, whipped, and beaten with sticks of firewood. Their supposed “crime”? Working outside of the camp to earn money for their families. Shamed as prostitutes, these women were “fined” – forcibly deprived of goods, money, and food ration cards. Though there is no proof, it is likely that at least some of these women became pregnant as a result of rape…(continue)
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Darfuri Women Refugees in Chad
The Women’s Stories
- ‘Tell people about how much we suffered’
There is no food. I am suffering. They only give us a little bit of sorghum. How can I be…
- ‘We had everything at home in Darfur’
I woke up, prayed, and at 6:00 a.m., my husband milked the cows. He brought the milk to me to…
- ‘When I was younger’
When I was younger, I went to school for three years. After that, I went to work at the farm.
- ‘My new husband doesn’t know’
Chadian soldiers come into our homes – they tried to rape women. One came into my house but didn’t hurt...
- ‘I want a machine to make flour so I can have a job’
Three of us were outside of the camp. Some people, four men from the village, raped us. My friend was...
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