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women around the world.

Almost a million people were killed during the one hundred days in 1994 in which a horrific genocide in Rwanda took place. Many of the survivors are women who lost husbands and children, and who are now left with physical and psychological scars that make their difficult lives even harder. But an association of widows, known by its French acronym AVEGA, is working to help heal the scars left by the genocide. In this programme, Assumpta Omorundi, one of the founders of AVEGA and herself a widow, describes the association's efforts. Pascasie Mukazakindi, a 49 year old widow, and Neema Kiribazayire, recall what happened to them during the genocide, how AVEGA has helped, and what they want the UN and the international community to do to help them and other widows.

Producer: Diane Bailey

(duration: 14'00")