“We became strong, strident and determined. The women in Juarez do not accept their fate.”  
Veronica Corchado, cultural professional, Juarez, Mexico
Survivor, Cairo, Egypt

Martha
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.


Survivor, Bukavu, DR Congo

Love
Survivor, Bukavu, DR Congo

Love

“I became a child soldier to avenge my father’s death.” 


Name: Love
Age: 22


Survivor, Göteborg, Sweden

Javiera
Survivor, Göteborg, Sweden

Javiera

“He laid the shame on me by saying – Look what you made me do.”


Name: Javiera
Age: 33


Survivor, St Petersburg, Russia

Mariana
Survivor, St Petersburg, Russia

Mariana

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


Name: Mariana
Age: 32 


Survivor, KwaThema, South Africa

Themba
Survivor, KwaThema, South Africa

Themba

“They called me a bloody lesbian and raped me.”  


Name: Themba
Age: 29


Survivor, Rostov, Russia

Svetlana
Survivor, Rostov, Russia

Svetlana

“We have to share a home. I’ve nowhere to go.”


Name: Svetlana
Age: 38


Survivor, Rockville Maryland, USA

Cathy and Michael
Survivor, Rockville Maryland, USA

Cathy and Michael

“What’s wrong with me, choosing a man like that?”


Name: Cathy and Michael
Age: 39 and 19

Cathy: 
I’m a Christian, and for me my divorce was a huge failure. I wanted to be married and live a secure and stable family life, that was what I really wanted. He knew that. He made me believe that he wanted the same.