Jem Jem

Supply Chain Lecturer| Blockchain enthusiast| Mentor| lover of God| Proud Mom.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Instead of adding pink ribbons to their products every October maybe companies should just remove the cancer causing ingredients

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

In 1965, a 17-year-old girl in Sicily was kidnapped, assaulted, and held captive for over a week.

Then her attacker offered her a deal:

Marry him, and everything would be “forgiven.”

At the time, Italian law allowed rapists to avoid punishment if they married their victims.

It was called “reparatory marriage.”

The logic was horrifying:

A woman’s “honor” mattered more than her consent.

If she married the man who violated her, her reputation could supposedly be restored — and the rapist could walk free.

Most women had no real choice.

Families pressured them.
Communities expected obedience.
The law itself encouraged silence.

But Franca Viola said no.

At 17 years old, traumatized and publicly shamed, she refused to marry the man who assaulted her.

That single word changed Italy forever.

Her decision sparked outrage in her town.

Neighbors turned against her family.
Their vineyards and olive groves were burned in retaliation.

But Franca’s father stood beside her and supported her decision to press charges.

In 1966, Franca testified publicly against her attacker in court.

At a time when most victims were expected to stay silent forever, she spoke openly in front of the entire country.

Italy watched in shock.

Her attacker, Filippo Melodia, was convicted and sentenced to prison.

For the first time in Italian history, a woman had publicly rejected “reparatory marriage” and won.

The case became international news.

But the law itself still remained.

For another 15 years, rapists in Italy could technically still escape punishment by marrying their victims.

Then finally, in 1981, Italy abolished the law completely.

And many activists pointed to Franca Viola as the moment the country first began confronting the cruelty of that system.

Years later, Franca married a childhood friend who had stood beside her through everything.

Not because she needed her “honor restored.”

But because she deserved love, dignity, and a life defined by her own choices.

That’s why her story still matters.

Franca Viola wasn’t just resisting one man.

She was resisting an entire culture that treated women’s suffering as something to hide rather than something to fight.

At 17 years old, she stood against her attacker, her community, and even the law itself.

And eventually, the law changed.

Sometimes history moves because powerful people decide to act.

And sometimes history moves because one terrified teenager quietly refuses to surrender.

[LANDLORD🇰🇪 @bozgabi]

Kindly retweet widely!!!

This kid went missing yesterday around TASSIA next to Summit Hospital.

If you have any info about her or a lost 4-year-old girl in a grey sweat pant kindly call 0722137283 or 0728975614.

[isha @MibshaD]

Unpopular opinion. Blood type test should be done at birth and placed on the birth certificate.

[I am Chege @_James041]

Protests have erupted in Nanyuki, Laikipia County over the Ebola Quarantine.

It's a big one

[Marion @PaddockGirl_44]

The reason Ebola never gets to Kenya is because Uganda & Rwanda ensure it is contained at the source & never spreads beyond borders. It's not because Kenya can prevent its spread leave alone contain it. But here is Ruto airlifting the disease into our country for some cash🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

24 hours without a formal reaction from the Kenyan government even though it’s a Kenyan court that blocked the US Ebola facility.

Why is all the information about this coming from Americans?

[Dennis Kioko - KeNHA Unmarked Bumps Hitter @denniskioko]

The root of most Kenyan problems is our huge lack of concern for problems that affect other people and believing those problems will never affect us

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Governor Irungu Kang'ata opposes secret US-Kenya Ebola deal, says it will put Kenyans’ lives in danger

[mssexxyirl @mssexxyirl]

ever since i was a little girl i’ve always known i wanted to be a woman with a lot of money when i grew up

[James @MrJamesKe]

There is nothing patriotic about tolerating incompetence year after year.

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

We want the Death Penalty for anyone who rapes a child.

[Joel Jirani @JoelJirane]

1.7 billion means everyone has been sold at 34 shillings!!!!

[Dr. John Njenga Karugia PhD. @johnnjenga]

On Ebola

A tiny error and ebola spreads across the republic. Deaths of citizens. Travel advisories. No visas for citizens. Tourists cancel. Layoffs. Economy takes a hit. Ebola spreads to schools. Schools must close. Chaos. Months. Elections cancelled. Orphans. Widows. Ujinga! ⚖️

[Eric @amerix]

This afternoon we are telling the government to reject the Bloody Ebola Billions.

#RejectEbolaBillions

[Rasna Warah @RasnaWarah]

One day someone will write the history of Kenya and say, here lie the ruins of a nation destroyed by greed.

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

Willingly accepting to import Ebola into your country has got to be most treasonous act ever done to a people by their leader in any country. This greed is too much.

[𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓪 @elioralux]

I was at a restaurant yesterday and there was a couple sitting near me with two small kids.

The mom spent the entire meal:
cutting food,
cleaning spills,
taking one kid to the bathroom,
keeping the baby from screaming,
asking the waiter for extra napkins every five minutes…

Meanwhile the dad sat there scrolling sports highlights on his phone.

At one point the little girl asked her mom,
“Why don’t you ever eat with us?”

The woman laughed and said,
“Mommies eat later.”

Then the husband looked up from his phone and goes,
“See? She likes staying busy. I’d be stressed doing all that.”

A few people around them laughed politely.

She laughed too.

But she still hadn’t touched her food.

And honestly I think that’s how a lot of women disappear slowly.

Not all at once.

Just piece by piece while everyone around them calls it “being a good mom.”

[him @OnemanJakom]

You know, what baffles me completely to the core, is the fact that, we still have to convince some people NOT to VOTE William Ruto.

It disturbs me.