hala are carrying water home together. it looks harmonious but however remains traumatized by the experience of abuse. has been helping out at home ever since he joined the husband school is still what is wary her memories. now when he started beating me i just used to hide but then it got so bad that i had to leave for a year now things have got better he doesn t beat me anymore and the children can finally attend school but he still gets in a bad mood and is threatening when he doesn t have money. gender based violence isn t confined to husbands beating their partners every year thousands of women in sierra leone fall victim to sexual exploitation. 14 year old sought help at a women s health care center in the capital freetown. she was sexually exploited by