Three years of conflict in Central African Republic on top of decades of civil turmoil and economic deprivation have taken a huge toll on the country's women. With many widowed at an early age, they are often stigmatised, forced from their homes into dependency on humanitarian aid with an uncertain future.
Irene, 38, from Batangafo, who lost her parents from the first conflict in December 2013, said her husband has been missing ever since the second conflict had happened on September 26, 2015. She said her younger sister was decapitated by Muslims on the same day. Now as an IDP at Centre St. Jean XXIII camp, she supports herself as a part-time cleaner for private homes.
