Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik

July 23 - Oct. 23, 2011

More than 800,000 people were slain during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and thousands of Tutsi women were violated. The rapes left a legacy of HIV/AIDS among the surviving women, and many of them became pregnant. Some of these women dearly love their children. For others the children are a daily reminder of the horrors they endured.

In the exhibit Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik presents portraits of these families and shares their stories through heart-rending interviews with the mothers.

This exhibition was made possible by generous support from the Open Society Institute, Amnesty International, and Foundation Rwanda. Additional support to Intended Consequences was provided by Henry Buhl; SanDisk; Artis—Contemporary Israeli Art Fund; Kodak; and the Consulate General of Israel, Office of Cultural Affairs, in New York. Aperture, a not-for-profit organization devoted to photography and the visual arts, has organized this traveling exhibition and produced the accompanying publication."

The exhibit is presented by the Adams Gallery in partnership with the University’s Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.