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How Aisha is Seeking Safety and Healing After Surviving Sexual Assault

Welcome to the WARIF Survivor Stories Series, a monthly feature where stories of survivors of rape and sexual violence are shared to motivate and encourage survivors to speak their...

How WARIF Became a Safe Haven for Davida on Her Journey to Recovery After Sexual Assault

Welcome to the WARIF Survivor Stories Series, a monthly feature where stories of survivors of rape and sexual violence are shared to motivate and encourage survivors to speak their...

Survivors of wartime rape share stories of trauma and survival

Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a weapon of war in conflicts around the world and women and children in particular continue to be targeted facing sometimes long-lasti...

A Rape-Survivor-Turned-Prosecutor Is Teaching Women How to Heal

One of us is a doctor, the other a lawyer. We’re also members of a club that no woman ever asks to join, but too many are forced into, often by men they loved and trusted. JoDee N...

A Second Chance at Life

A powerful story of how the Special Olympics Unified with Refugees initiative offers refugee children with intellectual disabilities a pathway from exclusion to belonging.

Excerpt from “Outcry Witness: A Former Prosecutor’s Guide to Healing and Justice after Sexual Violence”

[Trigger Warning: mention of sexual abuse and rape. Please take care while reading.] Silence around sexual abuse has left too many survivors carrying wounds in isolation. ‘Outcry W...

Uganda: 'When a Girl Is Empowered, an Entire Community Benefits' - a Ugandan Activist Delivers Hope for Survivors of Vio...

[Spotlight Initiative] TORORO DISTRICT, Uganda - Norah's work is also her passion: championing opportunities for girls. In Rubongi Subcounty, she supports teenage mothers to enrol...

Disrupting the Intergenerational Cycle of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Ebony Williams shares her insights on breaking the cycle of childhood sexual abuse and supporting survivors post-trauma. The post Disrupting the Intergenerational Cycle of Childhoo...

“We kept walking”: Two mothers flee war and hunger to reach South Sudan

Two mothers fled war and famine in Sudan, carrying their children across long distances to reach safety and a chance to survive. The post “We kept walking”: Two mothers flee war an...

'I've lived at that boarding school. The girls can't fool me into thinking they're okay'

After surviving years of sexual abuse and self-harm, Moriyah Fluss arrived at a therapeutic boarding school for traumatized girls. She then returned as a counselor, guiding them th...

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Beyond Commemoration: Why Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Demands Urgent Global Attention

DELHI, India, June 25 (IPS) - Three years ago, during a mission to the Central African Republic from United Nations Headquarters, I met a woman whose story has remained with me ev...

An Oshkosh domestic abuse shelter has been panned online. Survivors describe what they experienced.

Survival Mode & Perimenopause

I’m sharing this not only as a practitioner, but as a woman who has lived this. As someone with a history of trauma—and someone who has committed deeply to her own inner work—I rec...

I Survived Ovarian Cancer 3 Times — and I Learned to Fight for Myself

As told to Jacquelyne FroeberJune is National Cancer Survivors Month.“You look like you’re pregnant,” my roommate said.We both laughed because we knew there was zero chance that I...

Survivors of Kerry sports coach’s rape and sexual assault deliver powerful victim statements

Survivors bravely face down their abuser in court - ‘despite everything you did to break me down, I am still here’

Stories of Hope

Learn about Jordan's struggle with postpartum psychosis and the lessons she learned about mental health awareness and support. The post Stories of Hope appeared on Postpartum Suppo...

Podcast - Celebrating Women In SAR: Stories of resilience, skill and real impact

As International Women’s Day approaches, the IMRF is proud to share a powerful new podcast episode celebrating the women helping to shape the future of maritime search and rescue (...

Raped, rejected, abandoned: How Zimbabwe’s system failed rape survivor for 20 years

IN 2006, 26-year-old Mildred Mapingure was working in Chegutu when armed robbers stormed her workplace during the night. What began as a violent robbery turned into a years-long ni...

Amplifying Hope 

Surviving the invisible epidemic of emotional and psychological abuse On November 19th 2023, I answered a call from an unknown female who, in 30 minutes, would blindside and oblite...

New Memoir Reveals One Woman's Journey from War-Torn Childhood to Healing and Peace

In her deeply moving memoir “From Trauma to Peace: How We Reclaim Our Lives, Healing Body and Soul,” Gerda C. Robinson shares the extraordinary story of survival and transforma...

Domestic violence victims can live ‘beautiful life’ after abuse, former garda abused by ex-partner says

Margaret Loftus says numbers contacting Women’s Aid are ‘tip of the iceberg’, with some people staying silent to survive

Survivors of Torture Rewrite the Rules Banning It

There is no shortage of cases of torture in the headlines. Across today’s crises—from Ukraine to Sudan, Myanmar to Gaza—the allegations are graphic and devastating. But once a lega...

Lebanon conflict drives mental health crisis for displaced women: ‘We hear, see and feel pain constantly’

Escalating conflict in Lebanon has forced hundreds of thousands of women and girls to flee their homes, and women are on the frontlines of the response