This article argues that reconciliation
initiatives and redress tend to overlook
the unique harms that sexual violence
inflicts on women of colour. Women of
colour are placed, by virtue of their race
and gender, at the bottom of the social
hierarchy, which makes them particularly
vulnerable to sexual violence. In
addition, the author claims that the
unique harms they suffer as a result of
sexual violence, including irreparable
reproductive damage, broken relationships,
economic hardships, stigma, isolation, and
shame, are rendered nearly invisible by