The leader of a Chinese Christian charity who has been providing support for internally displaced people within Iraq for the last five years, has started building a safe-house for ten abuse victims, it was reported in December.
After learning about the safe-houses in Pakistan built by the British Pakistani Christian Association, the Chinese Christians sought advice for the growing number of women under their care who had escaped the clutches of the rapists they had been sold to.
Many of the Iraqi women are ostracised by their community due to the stigma attached to them and few have any possibility of a future marriage. Moreover, many of the women find that employers do not want to hire them due to ingrained cultural bias against Yazidis and Christians.
