Rape was a weapon in Liberia’s civil wars, and many women were victims of sexual violence. As part of the healing effort, Liberia hosted the U.N.’s first ever all-female peacekeeping force. The nation has a woman president. And Liberia’s female Chief of the National Police is charged with ensuring that 20% of all new police recruits are women.

Audrey Brown speaks with survivors of a 1990 attack at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Monrovia, the site of one of the worst atrocities in Liberia’s civil wars. She also speaks with a former Liberian child soldier about his efforts to move past the war, and with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf about the path to a peaceful future.