Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-sex communityJane says she was raped by three men wearing Gurkha uniforms. She was herding her husband’s goats and sheep,and carrying firewood, when she was attacked. “I felt so ashamed and could not talk about it to other people. They did terrible things to me, or ” says Jane,her eyes alive with pain.
She is 38 but looks considerably older. She shows me a deep scar on her leg where she was reduce by stones when she was pushed to the ground. In a peaceful, hesitant voice she continues her story. “I eventually told my husband’s mother that I was sick, and because I had to explain the injuries and my depression. I was given traditional medicine,but it did not succor. When she told my husband [about the rape], he beat me with a cane. So I disappeared and came here with my children.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com