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As conflict rages in Burundi, reports are mounting of women being raped as punishment for their political affiliations. Women & Girls Hub spoke with women who had fled to refugee camps in Tanzania, many left with nothing but the memory of their ordeal.
Nosakhare Orobaton Served as Chief of Party to John Snow Inc.'s USAID-funded Targeted States High Impact Project
Bolaji Fapohunda Senior Technical Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation, JSI
Anne Austin Consultant, JSI
It’s not cultural preferences that force women to give birth alone: poverty and lack of supportive health policies do. Nosa Orobaton, Bolaji Fapohunda and Anne Austin share insights from health policies – where one in five women give birth with no help.
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