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Against the odds: The Rwandan women raising a family despite genocide and rape

By France 24
01 June 2018   |   11:05 am
During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, thousands of Tutsi women were raped. Some became pregnant and then carried their children to full term. For these women, the past and present are intertwined.

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