Many women and girls amongst the thousands of people in the north who flee their homes each night to seek shelter in town centres fearing attacks and abduction by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are sexually abused, an advocacy group has reported. The New York-based Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (WCRWC) said in a statement that the "night commuter" girls and women had reported that those sexually abusing and harassing them were mainly youths and government soldiers.