Survivors of sexual violence rehearse ahead of a fashion show in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 18, 2019. — Reuters pic
“When I was designing for them, I didn’t see victims. I just see incredibly strong women who have really begun to live after what they have been through and that is what is so powerful and what the fabrics and clothes try to represent,” said British-Nigerian designer Tolu Coker, whose clothes are worn by Rihanna.
The central African nation was ranked amongst the 10 most dangerous countries to be a woman by a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll in 2018. “I want it to be a tool which will raise consciousness about gender equity and about women as strong, beautiful and amazing.”
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