SMS Messages for 9 December 2007

SMS 46: Many women toil much for their families but they don’t enjoy what they are toiling for. After gathering, men sell everything. Beeda, Kabale, Uganda

SMS 47: Liberate women total: Focus debate on personal level to issues such as sexuality, women's bodily integrity and sexual orientation that are the core of violence against women and discrimination. Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, AMwA, Uganda

SMS 48: Fellow Women, do you own and control your body? If not, join the campaign to end violence against women and reclaim back your body! Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, AMwA, Uganda

SMS 49: Stop wife inheritance. It violates women. Joanne Nassuna, MWODEA, Uganda

SMS 50: Women fight ignorance, poverty and diseases to achieve PEACE and development. Immelda, IWOGU, Uganda

SMS 51: 70% of women have experienced physical and sexual violence; 1 in 6 pregnant women have experienced violence during pregnancy; 60% women have experienced physical violence since the age of 15 that is committed by husband or partner; and 41% rural women have experienced some form of Gender Based Violence. What us your role? Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, AMwA

SMS 52: 2 in 5 women have experienced sexual violence compared to 1 in 10 men: The Men of Uganda we can change these statistics by fighting VAW. Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, AMwA, Uganda

For more information and/or to participate in the campaign, visit http://www.wougnet.org/Alerts/speakoutgenderviolence.html

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