The Truth Told: Stories of the women and girls in the DR Congo » The Truth Told
Goretti and her daughter Waridi. Waridi was born after her mother was brutally raped by 10 soldiers. Since Goretti was only 16 years old when she gave birth she is known as a “girlmother” – a mother who is still a child herself. There are thousands of girls mothers across the DRC. Photographed by Sarah Fretwell.
