According to Save the Children, Congo is the worst place to be a mother and, according to Human Rights Watch, Eastern Congo is the most dangerous place in the world for a woman. How does it feel to live as a woman in the most dangerous place in the world?
Elien Spillebeen, a Flemish woman of 27, tries to understand this feeling and decides to go to Butembo, a city surrounded by rebel groups in North Kivu, on her own. As a Western woman and with a small camera fixed on her shoulder, she lives among the women of this city. Elien experiences with increasing amazement how much courage it takes to deal with the threat on a daily basis. She sees how these women do not patiently accept their situation, but have the courage to go against their fate every day.
