Zahara and seven other women were violently attacked and almost raped when trying to get animal fodder to sell in the market to help supplement the food aid.
She kicked the men, trying to defend herself, and so a gun was shoved at her kidney, her injury is still there from where the gun was shoved.
Before the attack Zahara had already fled from her village to start a new home, after her last village was attacked and her husband Ahmed was killed.
The African Union and Sudanese government police have organized firewood patrols outside the camps, to help protect vulnerable women like Zahara from these attacks.
“Women need to be able to gather firewood to feed their children and sell for them to survive,” explains Gladys Atinga, GBV Programme Officer for UNFPA in South Darfur. “We want to make sure that these women can earn their livelihoods in safety.”
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