From the today's reporting, at the Open Society Institute's event "Accountability for Sexual Violence: Innovative Strategies at Work in Africa."
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, cofounder and executive director, African Women’s Development Fund: "....She found a man standing over her daughter, in the process of raping her...She had a machete in her hand. So she did what she had to do. That’s the usual example given of the woman who decided she was not going to wait for the slow wheels of justice. Now we are not going around advocating that women cut off the penises of the perpetrators--"
Voice from the crowd, loudly: "Why not?!"
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She did what she had to do...
It's definitely a sure-fire way of making certain there are no repeat offenders!
Dear Jina,
I like this voice in the crowd. We are kindred spirits. Thanks for sharing, and I greet you from Tunisia. Should you have any vacation time, you are more than welcome up North!