FWA SEPTEMBER 2022 NARRATIVE REPORT

“I got married at the age of 16. My husband was………………………..

Women’s Economic Empowerment Center WEECThe Women’s Economic Empowement Center (WEEC) is a new project that the FWA has started in th emonthe of Jul 2024 under the support of the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) of the Friends Peace Teams). The aim is to avail training rooms and a temporary safe shelter for gender-based violence…

“I grew up unhappy because I am an orphan. When I got married I hoped to find peace but it was the worst because I live in violence. I live with an irresponsible husband.  He doesn’t take care of anything at home. He only comes home to eat. I have to work hard to have…

“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….

“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….