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New stories of terror are starting to emerge in Kenya, in the wake of the post-election violence that killed more than a thousand people. During the chaos, women and even children were targeted for rape and sexual assault in the country's slums, refugee camps and even in schools. It's something a new power-sharing government has pledged to investigate. Yvonne Ndege has been talking with some of the victims.

This week Everywoman goes back to Kenya post elections for an update on how the political violence has affected women. This program includes Jewish divorce law in Israel and women trapped inside marriage in legal limbo. 12:09 min. EverywomanTV production / Jan 2008.

MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 -- Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid conflict. Now, all Burundians are being asked to return home. Ms. Nizigiyimana is among approximately 9,000 people -- half of them youths -- who have been expelled from Tanzania just this year. Many women and children arr