Nepal, April 3 -- A 52-year-old woman from Malangawa, Sarlahi, who gave birth to a son as a result of rape during the armed conflict, is facing severe health issues. Her 20-year-old son, born of this assault, suffers from significant mental deterioration. The woman struggles with her son's condition and her own declining health.

At a conference for sexual violence survivors in Kathmandu last Thursday, she shared her distress over having nowhere to stay. Dressed in a yellow saree and green blouse, with the saree's end covering her head, she revealed that uterine prolapse has left her unable to perform heavy labor.

In 2003, during a state of emergency, police officers abducted her husband from Malangawa, Sarlahi, accusing him of being a M...