Central African Republic

Since 2002, the Central African Republic (CAR) has endured some form of armed conflict, with sexual violence used indiscriminately by all parties.

Most of its victims have never seen justice, nor obtained much needed care and acknowledgment for what they suffered.

Our work in CAR started in 2021, when research for our Global Reparations Study began. The study, which was finalised and validated by survivors was co-launched with survivors in June 2025 where they were able to advocate for the recommendations they considered to be priorities, including the need for the Ministry of Humanitarian Action and Reconciliation to develop an emergency reparation policy based on existing services, via a single referral system allowing free access to medical and psychological care from the first contact with the CVJRR.

Alongside our partners, we began delivering interim reparative measures to almost 300 survivors in Dékoa in February 2025. Survivors chose the support they would receive, including vocational training, individual and collective therapy sessions, legal assistance in acquiring birth certificates, and specialised medical care, including fistula surgeries. Survivors have already received their financial IRM, and some have started farming, bought sewing equipment's among others. Their preferred form of collective reparative measures is under discussion.