Woinshet
- 20092009
- 18min
In Ethiopia, where marriage by rape and abduction had become the cultural norm, one thirteen-year-old girl stood up to tradition and changed her nation's laws.In Ethiopia, where marriage by rape and abduction had become the cultural norm, one thirteen-year-old girl stood up to tradition and changed her nation's laws.In Ethiopia, where marriage by rape and abduction had become the cultural norm, one thirteen-year-old girl stood up to tradition and changed her nation's laws.
In rural Ethiopia the law once was that if a man rapes a woman but then marries her, he is absolved of all charges. By being the first girl to publicly stand up against her abductors and this practice, Woinshet Zebene, then just thirteen, got this law repealed and changed the gender relations of Ethiopia forever. —Anonymous
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Recently viewed
Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.