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‘When I woke up, I was undressed and had a headache. I asked him what had happened? He said he’d done what he wanted to do with me!’, confesses Emily, a 17-year-old Congolese girl. Her traumatic experience is familiar to many women in the Congo. Daily, they face abuse on the streets and at home. Harassment in the country is not recognised as something terrible. There are no shelters for victims of sexual violence in the Congo. The police don’t help. Therefore, people seek protection from sorcerers. The girls are given a supposedly magical ritual of breast reduction to look less feminine. It consists of blows to the chest with a ‘fufu’ stick and cuts with a razor blade. The women think such cruelty will save them from violence. But does this solve the problem? Watch our video. Find out what it’s like to be a girl in the Congo, caught between the threat of rape and painful rituals. Don’t miss the premiere of Congo’s Hell for Girls. #premiere#Congo Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary