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Interview

“Have you got any children he knows aren’t his? Does he spy on you, or leave threatening messages?”

Interview

“I pray to Allah for forgiveness five times every day.”  


Name: Sheema
Age: 18 

Slideshow

This is the story of our unique journey to ten countries, where we investigated the violence that kills and harms women.

Interview

“All I want is to marry the man who raped me.”


Name: Shazia
Age: 15

Interview

“When I started working I was naive, and my aim was to have families reunited.”


Who: Elena Zolotilova and Tatiana Pavlova

Slideshow

Every third woman is subjected to violence during her lifetime.

Click to see a short film about this project.

Interviews

Forces for Change, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Youth Leader

“Partner violence in Santa Marta has not disappeared, but it is no longer hidden away.”
Survivor, Lahore, Pakistan

Faranza

“I pray to Allah that no girl ever needs to be born in Pakistan.”
Killed, Maghagha, Egypt

Badour Shaker

“The doctor cut into the girl’s genitals, but in the next moment everything had begun to look wrong, very wrong.”
Forces for Change, Cordoba, Spain

The Police Commissioner

“The turning point was 2004, with the new law on violence in the home. Violence against women was no longer a private matter.”

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