Globally, one in four girls experiences sexual abuse. This situation gets dire as 27% of women between the ages of 15 – 49 have been abused by their partners worldwide, and about 736 million have experienced violence in their life.
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These situations are of concern, as many cases go unreported and under-reported. Our best chance of changing the current narrative and realities of women is to use the tools of storytelling.

Stories By Her, directed by the award-winning Damilola Orimogunje and written by Chidera Muoka, casts a spotlight on the dire situation of women as true stories of violence women have faced in 2021 inspired the short film.
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Although their stories have different outcomes, each as heartbreaking as the other, it shows how there is a brief respite for women in a world where they have to navigate around these dangers and possibilities of assault.

Stories By Her premiered on Thursday, 25 November, at 6 pm on the House of ZETA YouTube channel.

Watch the short film below, and share it as we move towards eliminating the violence against women globally.

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