MADRE Fall 2006 Speaking Tour: Umoja: How an African Village is Banning Violence against Women

MADRE Fall 2006 Speaking Tour:
October 2nd - October 11th

Umoja: How an African Village is Banning Violence against Women

Violence against women can be stopped.

That conviction underlies the life's work of Rebecca Lolosoli, an Indigenous Samburu woman from Kenya who has transformed her life and her community. Rebecca is the founder of Umoja, a women-run village in rural Kenya which has declared itself a "Violence against Women Free Zone."

Umoja was created by survivors of gender-based violence who resolved to build a better future for themselves and their children. Working with the international women's human rights organization MADRE, the women of Umoja are defending their right to a life free from violence and developing models for promoting women's health and economic rights. The women of Umoja are among a group of Samburu women bringing a case against the British military for the rapes of over 1400 Samburu women. Umoja has inspired other communities to replicate their model.

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