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The Youth is on Fire

Crystal Stafford, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

This little girl was making waves in Goma, DRC. She was a young activist for women’s rights and she had just read a poem for her classroom. The look of pride in her face when she was finished was touching. Thankfully more and more girls are finding their voice because of programs like IMA’s Ushindi, and the follow-on, Tushindi, which is a really special program that helps survivors of sexual and gender-based violence access…

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Crystal Stafford, SGBV, North Kivu
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A Safe House

A young woman poses in a safe house in North Kivu after telling me her story of survival. Magic 287/365, A Safe House, DRC, 2017…

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Together

I traveled to a village in Nord-Kivu to interview these women, who were all survivors of rape. The message I took away from this experience was…