Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape brings together photographer Jonathan Torgovnik's powerful documentation of 31 Rwandan women who were subjected to mass sexual violence by members of Hutu militia groups during the 1994 genocide.
Due to the stigma of rape and "having a child of the militia," the communities and few surviving relatives of these women have largely shunned them. The portraits and testimonies featured in the exhibition and book of the same title (to be released in April) offer intensely personal descriptions of these survivors' experiences of the genocide and the challenges they face today.
The project is a collaboration with the Open Society Institute, Amnesty International, Foundation Rwanda, and MediaStorm.
A portion of the proceeds from the book will be contributed to Foundation Rwanda, which provides funding for secondary school education for these children and links their mothers to existing psychological and medical services.
Selections from Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape are also included as part of the Open Society Institute Moving Walls 14 exhibit, currently on view at OSI-Washington, D.C., through August 2009.
Torgovnik received a Distribution Grant from OSI's Documentary Photography Project in 2007 to partner with Amnesty International to bring a traveling exhibit, multimedia piece, and educational guide to ten colleges and universities in the United States.
Location
Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
(Between 10th & 11th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001
1-212-505-5555
Exhibition On View
Friday, February 20–Thursday, May 7, 2009
Gallery Hours
Monday-Saturday 10am–6pm
Opening Reception with the Artist
Thursday, March 5, 6-8pm
Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 29, 6:30-8pm
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