For more than a month now, since we sent this tweet to alert on the case of Noura Hussein and published this news on May, 4, we try to mobilize as many people as possible to support the young sudanese facing execution in Sudan.
Laurie Adams is CEO of Women For Women and we read a post she wrote published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) we wanted to share with you.
In her post, Adams addresses child marriage and marital rape, and she explains why leaders around the world must join activists in condemning the sentencing and demand justice for Noura for the campaign to succeed.
Here is an excerpt, full article on this page.
Noura Hussein is a survivor of rape and psychological and physical abuse. The fact that she has been sentenced to death for defending herself is a wrenching example of injustice. The international community must do more to prevent a situation like Noura’s from happening again, and to support the Nouras of our world in rebuilding their lives when it does.
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In Rwanda, up to 500,000 women were raped during 100 days of conflict, and violence against women remains endemic. In Bosnia, women’s bodies were used as an extension of the battlefield. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 57 percent of women are survivors of rape. War is not the only context in which women’s bodies are used as a battleground. Women’s bodies and lives are often used as pawns among powerful men and ethnic and religious groups, and women like Noura pay dearly for this injustice.
Signing the online petition calling on Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir to revoke Noura Hussein’s sentence and save her life, and spreading the word are very important!
