Unfortunately, Nigeria is known for many things, but protecting the rights of her women is not one of them. There’s a reason why a man can beat a woman’s frail body as if he’s beating a rock and get away with it. Do you know what a physically-abused woman will be asked when she goes to report her husband at the police station? “Madam, but what did you do to ‘provoke’ him?”
That said, there is more than one kind of abuse, of course. There’s emotional. There’s sexual. There are many more – none of which I pray we ever experience. Yet, there are women out there (even as I type this post) who are suffering one kind of abuse or the other. But what do you do when your abuser is family? What do you do when you’re raped by a friend, a brother …. or an uncle?
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| Mo and guests, discussing the rights of a woman |
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| Mo and a guest, discussing the rights of a woman |
In this episode, Mo focuses on the different forms of violence and abuse against women. As part of this episode she follows the story of a 13 year old girl who was sexually abused by her uncle.
Watch this episode of Moments With Mo tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19th 2010 on Mnet West Africa at 9:30pm. If you miss it tomorrow, you can watch a repeat episode on Wednesday, October 20th 2010 at 2:00pm, and on Saturday, October 23rd 2010 (all on Mnet West Africa). Happy viewing J
*Shudder!!!* No thanks! I'm definitely not watching such a depressing story- headlines are enough for me. It's really sad though that stories like this are not even shocking anymore! It's totally normal to hear a girl is being raped by her uncle or father! Even boys are not safe anymore! This world is just bonkers!
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