Figure 9. Comparison of types of sexual violence between 2004 and 2008. “Other” includes rape
in the presence of family members, forced rape between victims, anal penetration, forced oral
sex, sexual harassment, forced to undress, forced rape between victims and insertion of foreign
objects into the vagina or anus as well as non-specified incidents of sexual violence.
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
THEME: ATTACKS ON INDIVIDUAL HOMES
In the Panzi Hospital dataset, 57% of women reported that they were attacked in their own
homes, often while sleeping with their families. If present, the husband was often beaten, killed,
or restrained while the woman was raped.
“It was about two o’clock in the morning and my husband and I were sleeping. All of a
sudden the door was beaten down and the assailants entered the house. They tied up my
husband, beat him and then killed him. They ordered me to have sex with them. Even
though I resisted, I was eventually raped by two assailants.”
“My family and I were all sleeping when the soldiers arrived. They tied my husband’s
hands behind his back and then they took turns raping me. Afterwards they took my
husband and me to the forest. When my husband resisted they shot and killed him. I
spent three weeks in the forest until one night I was able to escape. When I arrived
home, I discovered that my little child was dead.”
“I was sleeping when the five soldiers broke down the door and came into the house.
They tied my husband to a tree. They removed my clothes and took me outside. They
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