Survivor

More than 40 per cent of women in South Africa have been raped, but only one rape in ten is reported.

Survivor, St Petersburg, Russia

Mariana

“When I was nine years old he made a woman of me.”

Name: Mariana
Age: 32

Survivor, Johannesburg, South Africa

Phindi

“I just stood there, holding a pan of boiling water I was going to throw over him.”

Name: Phindi
Age: 42

Survivor, Kansas City Missouri, USA

Tanya

“No money, no food for the children, no diapers – just six children and another on the way.”

Name: Tanya
Age: 44

Survivor, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Gulnaz

“The man who threw the acid over me only spent six months in prison.”

Name: Gulnaz
Age: 43

Survivor, Rostov, Russia

Elena

“It turned out that the medical certificate had disappeared. I expect his father bribed someone.”

Name: Elena
Age: 24

Survivor, Bukavu, DR Congo

Faida

“I have no hope for the future.”

Name: Faida
Age: 40

Survivor, Cairo, Egypt

Martha

“I have to have money so I can protect my child.”

Name: Martha
Age: 14

It was dark. I learned that I could walk into the town centre to get something to eat and clean clothes but I always went back to the railway station. After a while I was arrested there and locked up. My father came and got me and took me back to Minya but I ran away again. I went back to the railway station and the boys and girls there. I was better off there.

I don’t know what the future holds.