Sexual violence survivors launch global advocacy and support network

From Global development | The Guardian Fri Jun 13 2014, 10:26:28

Survivors United for Action, the first global network of its kind, aims to connect and support survivors and lobby policy-makers

Jineth Bedoya Lima was a journalist covering the conflict in Colombia in 2000 when she was kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused by paramilitaries.

In 2009, she went public about her experiences and established the It is Not Time to be Silenced campaign to support women who have experienced sexual violence in Colombia.

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