STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE: BARRIERS TO JUSTICE FOR RAPE VICTIMS IN RWANDA.

The article focuses on the inadequacy of the government of Rwanda in terms of ensuring that women and girls who were sexually abused during the 1994 genocide are given legal redress as well as medical assistance and counseling. It is said that only a small number of sexual abuse cases have been addressed by the regular court and the gacaca systems. It adds that the government has not fulfilled its international obligation to provide compensation for survivors of the genocide including the sexual abuse victims.