Return to Rwanda: the woman dedicating her life to ending gender-based violence
Sabine Nkusi, who fled Kigali during the genocide, leads initiative aimed at challenging stigma of sexual violence As a 14-year-old, Sabine Nkusi witnessed the horrors
Sabine Nkusi, who fled Kigali during the genocide, leads initiative aimed at challenging stigma of sexual violence As a 14-year-old, Sabine Nkusi witnessed the horrors of the genocide against the Tutsi in her home country of Rwanda.
Fleeing Kigali with her parents, brother and sister, she saw women lying dead by the road, many who had been the victim of sexual abuse. She vowed to
God that if she survived, she would dedicate her life to trying to give dignity to women who suffered this unspeakable brutality. “I said to God … if
I’m ever going to make it out of here … I want to be part of something … a vehicle to end that sort of violence.” Continue reading...
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