Tigrayan girls and women were targeted specifically by military personnel in this conflict. Thousands of women were brutally raped. There are multiple reports of gang rapes that lasted for days, sometimes ending in the deliberate mutilation of the victims. We have seen and cared for these women. The international press has widely reported on such cases, which have been confirmed by on-the-ground investigations and victim interviews carried out by non-partisan international humanitarian organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Further can be learnt at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35611573/