Learn how women in Nicaragua are leaving violent situations and building security for their communities
Cruz, a 39-year-old mother of 9, was personally affected by domestic violence and remembers the fear of having her life and the lives of her children threatened by her abusive husband: “I could not sleep or eat. Often I would have to sleep outside with my daughters when that man would show up drunk, he would hit me and he would grab my daughter, the one whose labor he induced and the baby died. I remember once when he tried to kill me, I hit my head on a rock and lost consciousness.”
