ANASI farmers
association a community based organization operating in Kisinga sub-county together with some U-reporters in Kisinga marked the end of
the 16 days of activism against gender based violence for 2015 in the world with neighborhood assembly meeting. With the theme “From peace in a
home to peace in the world: make education safe for all”.
The local theme was a discussion on “How marriages is a leading cause to gender based violence”
The local theme was a discussion on “How marriages is a leading cause to gender based violence”
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| particpants who attended the assembly |
This assembly was attended by about 70 people and was chaired by the sub-county woman councilor Mrs. Topista kisuki
who gave the subject matter of the theme of the day to prepare the rest of the participants
to think on how marriage has caused gender based violence. Of the people who
attended the assembly were religious leaders, local government officials, media
personnels, CSOs, Baita Benjamin (ex-politician) and the minister of gender in
the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu Mr. Mbayahi Gad.
Different speakers gave different
causes of gender based violence in relation to marriage and how marriage has
led to gender based violence.
In his presentation, Mr. Mbayahi Gad said gender
based violence is as old as creation. He went ahead to explain that the
whole root cause of violence is poor communication between two parties that
leads to pulling of ropes thus violence. Other causes of gender based violence
as raised by the people were; too much bride price that has made women be taken
for property not human beings, cultural decadence, producing single sex
children in a home breeds gender based violence, extreme jealousy in a marriage, Child early
marriages. Child brides often suffer emotional pressure from their families,
husbands and in-laws limiting their ability to make decisions about their own
lives and bodies among others.
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| During the assembly |
To end all this violence among the
people, Rwenzori Information Centres Network, called upon the people to uphold
the U-report platform of making their voices heard for free by just texting
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