Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by Juliane Kippenberg, senior researcher in the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Ida Sawyer, researcher in the Africa division, and Karen Stauss, consultant, participated in the research. Cassandra Mikicic, Roland Algrant fellow and associate in the Children's Rights Division, and Anja Friedrich, intern, provided research assistance. Cassandra Mikicic also drafted an early version of the legal section. Cassandra Mikicic, Anna Lopriore, creative manager and photo editor, and Ella Moran, video and photography manager, assisted with the selection and layout of the photos. Grace Choi, publication director, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager, prepared the report for publication,

The report was edited by Zama Coursen-Neff, deputy director in the Children's Rights Division; Anneke van Woudenberg, senior researcher on the DRC; and Andrew Mawson, deputy program director. Marianne Mollmann, advocacy director in the Women's Rights Division; Param-Preet Singh, counsel in the International Justice Program; and Dinah PoKempner, general counsel also reviewed the report.

The report was translated info French by Françoise Denayer, and the translation was vetted by Cassandra Mikicic.

We wish to thank the many women and girls who agreed to speak with us, and the courageous human rights activists who shared with us their analysis and helped us arrange meetings. We are also grateful to the soldiers who agreed to speak to us.