Rebecca Samaria Lolosoli
Rebecca Samaria Lolosoli (born 1962) is the founder and matriarch of the Umoja village in the Samburu County of Kenya. The village is a refuge for women fleeing sexual abuse, and men are banned from the village. She plans to run for local office and will be the first Samburu woman ever to do so.[1]
Quotes
[edit]- "Wearing green uniforms they blended with the trees and when women collected firewood, the soldiers would jump out and rape them, laughing like it was a game,"
- International Day of the Girl: Rebecca Lolosoli, thank you for being an iconic feminist,September 17, 2020,by MALVIKA DANGWAL
- Our village has turned into a shelter," Lolosoli says. Women and girls fleeing forced marriages, or ostracized for being raped, or trying to save themselves from female genital mutilation, come to Umoja in Kenya for safety. Sons are welcome—as long as they are willing to follow the village's rules and do not try to dominate the women
- We knew it would be dangerous
- We are like property because we are part of the dowry
- A Samburu woman does not have a single right
- Education is most important so they won't be in the dark like us
- Even in danger, I've never stopped
- Rebecca Lolosoli: The Beadmaker's Refuge for Women,Published Mar. 8 2011,by Eliza Griswold
