Friends Women’s Association JUNE 2022 Report

My name is Nadine. I am from the indigenous people, I was told that in our ethnic group we do not study and I was discouraged when I attended school. When I was 10th grade, I was really discouraged until I gave up. During their home visits, FWA GBV accompanists found me and advised me…

“My name is Leilla. I grew up in a family where my parents were always quarrelling. I was born in Sororezo, Bujumbura province. When I was 15 years old, my mother left my father because she was beaten almost every day. It was since that time that I started to do the work my mother…

“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…

FEBRUARY 2022 Report My name is Anniella. I am 28 years old. I have 3 children. The first is 2 years 6 months old. The second is 1 year 6 months old and the last is 3 months old. My husband abandoned me for no reason after 2 weeks of giving birth to the 2nd…

When I had an abortion my husband was not even waiting for me to be healed He used to rape me sexually and the cycle of being pregnant and having abortion began as usual;  in 10 years I lived with my husband I had 10 abortions.He said……………………….

“I never tasted love in my marriage. We worked together to get money. I used to spent the day working in our restaurant, when I came home tired, he threw at me traumatic words. He used to tell me that he will kill me one day. Sometimes he showed me the photos of his girlfriend….