<p>The effects of conflict on Women is just like an uncontrollable storm. My heart aches as i met this  16 year old homeless girl who ran in the middle of gunshots from her village to town and is squatting in a incompleted building where she was raped. It's pathetic that in that crises moments like this woman and girls became so vulnerable and nonstate arm groups use our girls as girls as cooks, potters and spice. </p><p>Please let's support women in conflict affected areas. </p>

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