Jean Chung

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Masika Katsuva stands with the orphans she was taking care of inside her compound of transit centers and the orphanage in Minova, South Kivu. A victim of sexual violence herself, she was violated by at least 12 armed rebels after witnessing the killing of her husband in Vitchumbi in 1998. Two of her daughters and her mother were also violated. However, she defied the odds and became the community leader of 770 women and run the shelter for 19 victims of sexual violence and 49 war orphans and children who were born out of rape in Buganga.

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Tears in the Congo: Survivors of Sexual Violence 2008~2014
Masika Katsuva stands with the orphans she was taking care of inside her compound of transit centers and the orphanage in Minova, South Kivu. A victim of sexual violence herself, she was violated by at least 12 armed rebels after witnessing the killing of her husband in Vitchumbi in 1998. Two of her daughters and her mother were also violated. However, she defied the odds and became the community leader of 770 women and run the shelter for 19 victims of sexual violence and 49 war orphans and children who were born out of rape in Buganga.