Independent Appeal: Jennipher, the woman thrown to the dogs
When Nathan Awoloi bought his wife for two cows, he believed it gave him the right to treat her like an animal. Claire Soares reports from Pallisa, Uganda, on the charity that saved her
Thursday, 31 December 2009
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Hunched over a sewing machine, Jennipher Alupot is an unlikely poster girl for the women’s rights movement. In fact, the young Ugandan mother is totally unaware of how her story – almost too horrific to be believed – has caused waves across the country and down the corridors of power, ultimately giving thousands of abused women the chance of justice.
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[JR: How can we treat any country as an equal that treats half their population that way? How about we declare all the Ugandan MALE diplomats as persona non grata? Certainly would create a career path for women! And, let’s toss the UN and stamp PNG on all the spies and tyrants. We need to be the shining city!]
[JR: P.S. DO NOT read the underlying link on a full stomach. It’ll make you sick.]
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Just obscene. Any group that allows such degradation is missing half of their humanity. Don’t ask if evil still exists – it is here.
>Any group that allows such degradation is missing half of their humanity.
We can’t “punish” them, BUT, (there is always a big butt), our political class doesn’t have to reward them with access to our banks to hide their loot, our stores to spend their ill gotten gains, or our entertainment venues to idle away their time. That’s why I like PNGing them. A lot like how my Mom sent me to my room to clean it up with orders “not to come out until it’s done”. Similarly, we should send them to their “room” until it’s cleaned up.