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Inside the isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia where 8 men were accused of raping more than a hundred women and girls, the horrific crime that inspired the film 'Women Talking'

By insider@insider.com (Lauren Frias) of INSIDER | Slide 1 of 14:  "Women Talking" tells the story of women in a religious colony grappling with a series of sexual assaults, based on a 2018 book of the same name. The book, written by Miriam Toews, is inspired by actual events in Manitoba Colony, a Mennonite community in Bolivia. In 2009, eight men were convicted of raping and sexually assaulting more than 100 women in the colony. Read the original article on Insider

Inside the isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia where 8 men were accused of raping more than a hundred women and girls, the horrific crime that inspired the film 'Women Talking'

  • "Women Talking" tells the story of women in a religious colony grappling with a series of sexual assaults, based on a 2018 book of the same name.
  • The book, written by Miriam Toews, is inspired by actual events in Manitoba Colony, a Mennonite community in Bolivia.
  • In 2009, eight men were convicted of raping and sexually assaulting more than 100 women in the colony.
Read the original article on Insider
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