Aid for war-related sexual violence in Ukraine also benefits domestic abuse survivors
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — Kseniya Horovenko, a psychologist, has welcomed them into a brightly lit room furnished with a few chairs, couches and tables topped with small Ukrainian and Canadian flags.
She has heard the stories of so many survivors — women, men and children, too — in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, a conflict where several countries, including Canada, have concluded that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war.
“Not everyone talks about it. We only hear some things,” Horovenko said through a translator.
“People want to forget many things.”