Raped — what next?

Finding that ray of hope in a time of crisis

Once a rape victim is faced with the full reality of what has happened, everything will seem hostile and hopeless. However, there is a ray of hope despite the ordeal. In this article, we suggest some immediate steps that rape victims should take to restore their dignity.

Raped.  A brief word, but the epitome of inhuman senselessness and brutality. For the victim it is a time of sheer darkness, self pity, embarrassment, loneliness, anger and fear of infection with sexually transmitted infections. What do I do now?' is . . .

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