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Haiti's Sexual Violence Survivors Make Themselves Seen

Since the 2010 earthquake, Haiti has suffered from an epidemic of sexual violence—but more and more women are sharing their stories.
Gisele, 20, went to see a so-called healer; the man raped her. She was so shocked, she still paid him. When she told her family, her cousin, who had recommended she seek the help of the healer, blamed her.
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Through the clear running water, the goose bumps on her skin are just visible; her white dress floats above the riverbed. The scene is peaceful—but her story is not. One year before this photograph was taken, this woman was raped at gunpoint by a man she thought wanted to help her. Marie—not her real name—was a student looking for a job in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. “I met this guy on the street,” Marie says. “We started to chat. He said that one of his friends was looking for someone like me. He

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