Many women survive the unthinkable – they get kidnapped from their villages, enslaved, and violated in ways no human should endure. But when they finally escape and return home, expecting to be embraced, they find rejection. Their community turns its back. Their family whispers in shame.

This is the devastating reality for countless women across Central Africa (number 22 on the Open Doors World Watch List) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (number 29 on the Open Doors World Watch List). Targeted because of their Christian faith, they’re abducted by armed groups and forced into sexual slavery. Yet the cruelty doesn’t end with their captivity. Survivors who find their way back discover that stigma and rejection await them – punished by their own communities for crimes committed against them.

These women carry invisible scars while bearing visible shame. Amora, an Open Doors speaker, retells their stories and their testimonies.

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