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The mission of this network is to provide a platform
to unite grassroots organizations across Africa along with our international
associates, to push for the reform of Bride Price and take it to regional
and international law making bodies.
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| Young person feeling free |
The Africa Feel Free Network has under its ambit, a parallel network
of young persons organisations working to promote preventative work
with young people.
To subscribe to the Africa Feel Free Network
go to this web page.
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Men women and
children demonstrate in Tororo,
Uganda against the horrific & bodily attack of "B" |
We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming
first international conference on Domestic Violence and Bride Price.
The conference will be hosted by the Mifumi project, a leading women’s
rights organisation in Uganda.
This first
ever international conference on bride price and development will
bring together human rights activists and experts and key players
in the fields of harmful socio-cultural practices, to develop an action
plan to reduce or remove the significance of bride price as a hindrance
to gender equality and development...more
on this
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| Atuki Turner Africa Feel Free co-ordinator |
Bride Price is the cultural practice
of paying for the bride with cows. The practice requires that the
cows be refunded if a marriage breaks down. This often ties women
to abusive relationships because they cannot afford the refund. The
practice also reduces women and girls to the status of chattel or
property and leaves them open to Domestic Violence and abuse with
far reaching social, economic and human rights implications.
We welcome contributions from readers of the Feel Free Newsletter.
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