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 20

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