Valerie Plesch

Bio:

Valerie Plesch is an independent first-generation American-Vietnamese-Argentine photojournalist, documentary photographer and writer currently based in northern Virginia. From 2014-2019, she was based in Pristina, Kosovo where she focused on the aftermath of war, including the legacy of sexual violence, and covered breaking news, human rights issues, religion, sports, politics, and culture.

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February 22, 2021 | Valerie Plesch | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Her Hands in His: One Family Contends with Kosovo’s Legacy of Sexualized Violence

A father holds hands with his daughter, a survivor of sexualized violence during Kosovo’s 1998-1999 war for independence. Twenty-two years later, she is among thousands of survivors of systemic rape still awaiting justice.

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