In general, the women did not speak about rape because of shame as well as fear of becoming marginalized or someone taking revenge. - Godeliève Mukasarasi

Our forums encourage the women to take their fate into their own hands and find inner peace, in spite of the humiliation and violence they have suffered.

In 1998, women’s rights activists like us managed to make sure that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda considers rape in war a genocidal crime, so those who planned and perpetrated such violence can be prosecuted.

Rwandan women have played a big role to make sure that sexual violence in conflict became known as a crime against humanity, for us to be in the U.N. is a way of recognizing the hard work and what we have done.