"Forest"

Drawing by 17-year-old Beatrice from the District of Gicumbi

"This drawing depicts a young girl wandering through a forest alone. This girl is raped by the man in the picture because she is alone and defenseless. Beatrice says that she is especially scared of encountering a drunk man in a forest alone."

Teacher observation:

In Rwanda, especially in rural areas, parents used to send their little children to search for sticks to help make fire. If a young girl is sent into the forest, she risks being attacked not only by drunk older men, but also by boys in the area who search for girls this way.

"Streetgirl"

Drawing by 23-year-old young woman

"Me, I have become a street girl because my parents died of HIV/AIDs. I became pregnant after, and now my child and I are both HIV infected."