Dozens of families lie on mats surrounded by their belongings at a Buddhist monastery in Rakhine State, the latest to be uprooted by a civil war that has displaced hundreds of thousands.
BY AFP
Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it is regarded as normal and is woefully underreported.
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