Burundi: Reasons for rape 'complex'

At 24, a single mother, Marie - not her real name - could have expected a better deal in life. But she was given no choice: while working as a housemaid in Kinindo, a residential suburb of the capital, Bujumbura, Marie was raped and subsequently found herself pregnant. Many cases of rape go unreported in Burundi. Lucie Nyamarushwa, a human rights coordinator with the Iteka rights group, attributes this to victims' ignorance of their rights and the procedures available to prosecute perpetrators.