Distant echoes of war

As Nepal’s transitional justice process remains incomplete, wartime sexual violence survivors continue to suffer while perpetrators are free.

The day I met Rima (name changed), it was already late morning and she was anxious. There were around seven women in a small room. She rocked nervously and reiterated that she did not want to talk. We told her she did not have to. An hour later, we could not stop her from telling her story.