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Alisa Kovalenko on surviving conflict-related sexual violence

Ciara is joined by Alisa Kovalenko, a former captive and survivor of conflict-related sexual viol...

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17.18 28 Sep 2026


Alisa Kovalenko on surviving conflict-related sexual violence


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17.18 28 Sep 2026


Ciara is joined by Alisa Kovalenko, a former captive and survivor of conflict-related sexual violence during her captivity in 2014 in the Donbas region of Ukraine, who also fought on the front lines in the conflict.

Alisa is in Dublin in collaboration with the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence - an Irish-based alliance of international humanitarian and human rights organisations, working alongside Irish Aid and the Irish Defence Forces.

She joins to discuss what happened to her in 2014...


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