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Last month, a five-year-old girl in Sierra Leone died after being brutally raped. Why has this happened yet again, and what will it take to finally end the epidemic of rape in the country?

“This situation has left me heartbroken,” shared Miriam Fullah, World Hope International (WHI)’s Trafficking-in-Persons Protection Manager in Sierra Leone, where WHI has worked to address gender-based violence and human trafficking since 2004. “Does it have to take the life of a five-year-old before I—we—make the most noise? It is, and will always be, a life-threatening situation.”