{"id":8153,"date":"2018-03-09T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=8153"},"modified":"2018-03-09T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T11:25:52","slug":"kayanza-womens-rights-not-fully-respected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/kayanza-womens-rights-not-fully-respected\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayanza: Women\u2019s rights not fully respected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the occasion of the International Women\u2019s Day which was celebrated on 8 March in Kayanza, some women from that province deplore the fact that their husbands mistreat them. Some say they are physically abused while others accuse their husbands of having concubines. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8154\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8154\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/journ\u00e9e-femmes-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Kayanza women holding parade on the celebration of the International Women\u2019s Day  \" width=\"522\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/journ\u00e9e-femmes-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/journ\u00e9e-femmes-copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/journ\u00e9e-femmes-copy.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayanza women holding parade on the celebration of the International Women\u2019s Day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome women and I are suffering the behavior of our husbands. We seem to be abandoned. They make young girls their concubines. My husband, for instance, no longer pays basic familial needs. He uses his money to take care of his concubines,\u201d says Marguerite Nahimana, inhabitant of Gitaramuka, Kayanza province.<\/p>\n<p>She regrets that husbands are not punished even if women lodge complaints to local authorities. \u201cMen are accomplices,\u201d she says. For Nahimana, no one can say women\u2019s rights are respected in Kayanza. \u201cThey also abuse us physically\u201d she deplores.<\/p>\n<p>This view is shared by Speciose Singirankabo, who deplores the fact that women cannot be emancipated if they are not empowered. \u201cWomen are responsible for ensuring their familial needs, paying school fees for children. Husbands do not care about their family needs. Even if we increase the agricultural production, they sell foods we produce arguing that we plant crops in their fields,\u201d says Singirinkayo.<\/p>\n<p>Aisha Mpawenimana accuses Muslim husbands of marrying many women they are not able to take care of, pretending that their religion allows them to have four wives. \u201cThere is not any Quran verse that stipulates that a man is allowed to have many wives. Unfortunately, they are not prosecuted if we bring them to justice,\u201d says Mpawenimana.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the International Women\u2019s Rights, Anicet Ndayizeye, the governor of Kayanza said that women in Kayanza province are still mistreated by their husbands since the latter have concubines while others become drug addicts. He calls on men and women to redouble their efforts to fight for women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Kayanza said he is conducting campaign launched by the Burundi government to legalize marriages of common-law couples to solve Kayanza women\u2019s problems. \u201c90% out of 2300 common-law couples listed have legalized their marriages,\u201d said the governor of Kayanza. He believes that 900 common-law couples remaining are going to legalize them very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the International Women\u2019s Day which was celebrated on 8 March in Kayanza, some women from that province deplore the fact that their husbands mistreat them. Some say they are physically abused while others accuse their husbands of having concubines. \u201cSome women and I are suffering the behavior of our husbands. 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