The Many Faces of Suffering: The Dual Struggle of Displaced Women

In the camps for internally displaced persons, direct results of gang violence, hundreds of women are trying to rebuild themselves after fleeing the violence of armed groups. Victims of rape while attempting to escape their neighborhoods or even within the camps where they seek refuge, these women carry their pain in their hearts, in complete silence.

Filth, muddy ground, stagnant water, overcrowding — infectious diseases and epidemics spread like wildfire through the sordid alleyways and makeshift shelters of the camps. Days