'Let The Women Be Respected' - Activists Tackle Femicide Problem in Burundi: Burundi
Although the perpetrators are sometimes punished, authorities apparently see no pattern in the incidence of violence.Burundi is a highly patriarchal society in which only, the main source of income.
A woman, who dares to denounce violence and abuses she is suffering, is considered rude. Moreover, these social norms make women afraid to denounce what happens to them, for fear of being stigmatized in society and being considered deviants."Whenever a man beats, injures, or breaks his wife's arm or leg in Burundi, he is only punished by being advised not to repeat the act.
She also considers the ignorance of the laws on women's rights to be another cause of femicide. Women, especially rural women, do not know of the laws that exist to protect them against physical, moral, and economic violence."Consequently, they cannot file complaints against their aggressors." And for those who know, the problem of lack of access to resources prevents them from enjoying their rights.
She warns that domestic violence is fast becoming normalised as men who kill their spouses go unpunished.
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