Game of thrones Sophie Turner writes a personal essay on her trip to Rwanda to aid the efforts of “Women for Women International“, a non profit organisation in the U.K. for “women survivors of conflict.” Sophie Turner who plays the role Sansa Stark in the hit TV series writes,

My active interest in women’s rights and the fight against domestic violence only really became acute after one of my scenes from Season 5 of Game of Thrones aired,” she wrote. “It was a scene in which my character—a 15-year-old hostage—was raped by her captor. There was a huge response and not a particularly positive one: People were boycotting the show, multiple articles were being produced online, and it was a trending topic on Twitter.

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