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I Stories
Over the years GL has demonstrated a commitment to gender justice and equality by efforts to create opportunities and provide spaces for survivors of all forms of gender violence to speak out, participate in various conversations and document their experiences through I-Stories.
“As I reached the other side of the river, it started raining and the God-sent water washed away all the dirt that was on my body.”
I am 25 years old and I have three daughters who are under seven years old. My life has always been full of difficulties. I did not know my father […]
August 24, 2023
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender based violence
Needed my power back
My name is Mary* at the age of 6 years my mother left us because my father abused her. She was the second wife to my father who was a […]
South Africa: Raped by my own boyfriend
*Trigger warning: Violence*
I once had a good loving family, a mother, step dad and a grandfather. I never knew my real father, I never had a father figure till I was 13 that when I was introduced to my step dad and his family. This family camp in 2010 when my mom and step dad got married, I then moved in with them because I had a baby and my aunt and uncle kicked me out so they took me in. We were a happy small family, and then I met my boyfriend Phaphani, who was older than me.
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