Friends Women’s Association JULY 2022 Report

“I have a case of a young girl who has been sent away by one of their neighbors (not her parents) because she was pregnant. What can we do as mediators? Answer: you need to do deep investigations to understand why the neighbour is taking decision to send away the preganant girl. Or if the…

“I am a woman who is a victim of psychological violence and no one knows it. My husband is a quite person but I am suffering. We got married illegally and no one told me that he had 2 other women that he married before me.One day, I was cultivating in the field and two…

“My name is Nicelate, I got married in 2004 and I have 8 children now. When I gave birth to my third child I started to experience the worst in my marriage; my husband married another woman.My husband and I had worked hard to build a business but all was gone because of this woman….

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I married an orphan husband. He promised me to live happily and He used to say that I am all He has. After 4 year, he started dating other women. I lived in the village and He was in Bujumbura.One day……………………….

“My name is Claire, this program has been very beneficial to me and family. My husband is alcoholic, every day he comes home drunk. I have suffered many forms of gender-based violence. Before coming to this training I was a woman who stays at home every day, I was ashamed to go among the others…