Guinea’s Minister for Women, Family and Social Solidarity, Conceição Evora, this Monday called on the country’s women to put an end to violence against men, which she sees as a failure in the fight for gender equality.
The minister spoke at a public tribute ceremony for a Guinean woman set this Monday at a meeting organized by the League of Guinea for Human Rights in the Bairro Militar area on the outskirts of Bissau.
The Women’s Wheel Gathering brings together dozens of women from various civil society organizations and young girls who spend most of the day on Monday discussing issues related to gender-based violence.
Augusto Mario da Silva, president of the Guinean Human Rights League, said in a speech that the gesture “symbolizes and pays tribute to the strength, courage, selflessness, extraordinary ability to fight and resilience of Guinean women” in their fight for human rights. dignity in the country.
Augusto Mario also justified the choice of Bairro Militar for The Women’s Wheel as a way of recognizing the role of women in community mediation, in combating gender-based violence, and in promoting peace.
The Minister for Women, Family and Social Solidarity also welcomed the fighters for the freedom of the homeland, highlighted the role of women in the gains made since independence in 1973, but called for an end to “the wave of violence perpetrated by women in recent times.” “.
“Today, it is unacceptable to see situations where a woman attacks her husband, her partner, up to cutting his genitals,” said Conceição Evora.
Recently, there have been reports in the media of cases where women cut their husbands’ genitals after quarrels or scenes of jealousy.
According to her, the Minister of Women and Family Affairs stated that “violence is not only when a man attacks a woman” and mentioned that Guinea-Bissau “has already taken important steps” in the fight against phenomena that threaten the dignity of women.
“Today it is impossible to verify that we are going backwards,” the minister stressed, noting that several women are in custody awaiting trial in cases involving violence against their partners.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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