conflicts. also joining me is jessica vao the director and the producer of small, small thing, a documentary about olivia zena, a liberian teen who died from injuries she sustained when she was raped at the age of 7. rula, i want to turn to you first because about a year ago you wrote an article for "the daily beast" about your mother's experience with an incredibly horrific assault. you wrote rape is a hate crime. it is a purely criminal act designed to induce terror. by brutalizing a woman, the intent is to humiliate, degrade and ultimately break her. and as such, it is not only a violent act against an individual, it is violence committed against their family and their children with devastating effects. these assaults horribly damage the lives of the victims, but how do they also impact the broader community? >> they do, and they do in a big way. they impact family, society.