Raped during #Ethiopia’s war, survivors now rejected by their families
Shila, a survivor of sexual enslavement during Ethiopia's civil war, gave birth to a son fathered by an attacker. After three years, her husband returned, and she feared he would reject her. Like her, more than 100,000 women may have been raped during the conflict, and countless women who gave birth as a result are struggling with a hidden agony, often ostracized by their families.
A survey of over 5,000 women in #Tigray found that nearly 8% said they had been raped, with more than two-thirds reporting gang rape. Many women are rejected by their husbands and families, and some are even told by religious leaders that they were raped because God did not love them.
The regional government reported that more than half of the women who reached hospital rape centers were pregnant. Women are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives, with many facing rejection from their husbands and families. The stories of these women highlight the ongoing trauma and suffering experienced by survivors of sexual violence.
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Despite the dire situation that #Ethiopia is currently experiencing on so many fronts, all eyes are focused on the “homosexual” whose biggest crime is loving another human or expressing gender in a way that makes sense to them." - @QueerEthiopia#LGBTQ
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Fundraiser by House Of Guramayle: Dignity Fund for QUEER ETHIOPIANS.
We're receiving requests for help in an unprecedented manner & it is time for us to galvanize & mobilize community resources to help folx in need.
Please donate, and share!!!
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Journos should talk to members of @HoGuramayle on how @tiktok_us is being leveraged by vile & rabid homophobes to incite violence and honour killings against kids in Ethiopia that they decide are gay (whether this is true or not).
RTs appreciated
Earlier this morning, I was turned back from Alula Internationa Airport in Mekelle by an Ethiopian Airlines employee that said the government had issued a ban prohibiting 'young' people from boarding commercial flights out of Tigray,
George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' first published in 1945 will shortly be available in Afaan Oromoo, translated by the great @amentianist.
#translation#AfaanOromoo#English
The Oromo nation bids farewell to a major institution today, to an icon who is larger than life itself.
Waan hundaaf galatoomi, Ali kenya. Rest in absolute power!
We don't have essential med and supplies in our emergency department, and air strike casualties, women and children are coming. We can not save them. What do you call this situation? What name can you give it? Sieged and bombed.