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Babys a place in kenya where i love of life, and the fear of death will hand in hand one level one, the one im in dennis, and im encouraged by the other women in their stories of some we, we, you know, knows that im not alone. That im not the only one to this has happened to my husband would have killed me if i hadnt slept or that im about that along. We should see the 5 oclock in the morning in the land of december 2 in northern kenya. The sun is still hiding behind mount kenya. But the day has already begun a new move. Jeff, mary, im only a doctor day has found refuge in one of the traditional mine yet as for now, this as the 7 year old only recently arrived in logia, the village of women. Jane then go pay has taken her in the good morning. How are you . Thank you, im fine. How can i have a tea get dental approved when i jane still doesnt know much about the young woman. Didnt as not as she cautiously feels highway for which. Mm hm. 6 a day. Now, marianne, why did you come here . Okay, well, and then i have a lot of problems at home cause the fix was not going to that way. Youre safe here in the most out of your 6. You can relax here. Just put on the women live together here, young and old. We do everything together from now on. You wont go anywhere alone. So we stick together. Lets look at in the name of the village is no co incidence to mo, jemines connectedness in swahili. Its fain janes home for over 33 years. The women all have family. She wants the same scenarios cant gate because in order to make them when they 1st arrived, it was clear how distressed, too was her clothes were worn out and she was started back when im gonna shoot for me. So if i think she wasnt well when i 1st saw her and thats exactly what jane wants to change. She takes scenarios under her wing. She wants to show her that things are different here in the village of women. Very different from the rest of the savannah. Mary m o even gets a welcome gift. Maryann. No, these are for you. Yeah. Oh no. The mariano can hardly believe that some blue women, unless entitled to any property, no capital, no land knows even the children they bad wives become their husbands property during weddings in the the this is my go now as maam, i dont know what to say in a level or the other night goats actually belong to man. The man. And this is the 1st thing ive ever owned on my own that to me in the news is that breaking a tip is and its not the any one of these women want to change a world in which they have no rights to empower themselves. Women content and live stock. Yeah. They own whole the, the rest of the village is now awake. An official gathering will soon be held under the big acacia tree, the womens traditional meeting point, the canary amo has already found shelter in new mo, jeff. But any one passing congrats had permanent residency. Rebecca noticed only the founder of the village. Shes a key centre of power left for the 48 women in and since she now lives outside and lo, jeff, shes not yet met scenarios. I dont know the welcome. Everyone. Okay, so did you all sleep . Well . Rebecca wants to know more about the new arrival woods go around in kenya, the to move to helps women, but its most about feeding the need to. Rebeccas mission is to protect women in danger. Level you. I welcome you. Dont you are a non god. We have some things to talk about. A number of years. I said, you know why this village is here . Yes. Yes, i know why the video now listen here. When i 1st want to know how you got here with you, when i do good. Now, did you hear about us is not much. I know we were well the man thats the i came from far away. I bought it for almost 2 days and then another woman told me about a motor and then i asked around at that and im with and i had a fight with my husband finding the setting and it is a, it was bad. I wasnt safe anymore. Not allowed to not get me to do it for you, for or have you been beat a better than the most were poor too low . You know, you well, youre not got them. I use 80. I listen carefully as i say to and we dont want any stress here. Weve left that behind who we share everything and do everything together. Because were community, were only strong as a team. If we leave old, let you out of our site. Yeah, you know, and the women will show you how life is here and when you, when you when youre not, im only here occasionally. I dont know why dont we think our top open on rebecca is was carry weight, but shes not. The head of the village. Pneumonia is democratic. The women decide collectively big box. Theres one rule that is in top of the debate. Mariano, welcome me. Listen carefully and im not allowed to hear none at all. You cannot bring a man into the village even if you fall in love. No. Otherwise well all have a problem. We lived here together among women. As youve seen. While there are no men, and there will be no man is clear what from roseland come to the village teacher mary m o is now part of the community. When the discussed everything, lets say good by god, be with you, the security and solidarity new feelings for the women who seek refuge here. The symbols social order is patriarchal, which is what led rebecca to create a different world. Especially 3 years ago. We found a modem in 1990 because some boy man are violent a. This villages for women voice that wants to win for women who have been driven out of their home and found that i have had to flee into more luck, a light source. I used to use for widows of bundle and for children, and that that a year and a single women strengths has given many women a life less living. But its hard to imagine the courage rebecca must have needed back then. The sambota were originally and the magic people, the men rule, the family, they eat fast and they can marry several women. They can also beat them. Rebecca left her a violent husband and met women with a similar fate. They looked for a place close to the sambota national park. They wanted to sell jewelry to safari tourists. Good sounds good sound good. I could see when we started remote or we didnt know if we could survive on our own, then we can go so, but today we are in our own money light at the your, we get donations. You get that nobody goes to bed hungry. And the, and we can send our children to school. And you also got school is the most important thing for children. Youre just into your, into them. They learn what their rights are there to, to your data to data that shows have used the school is the village is pride and joy. Its financed by day nations. Few children from outside the village of picked to attend free of charge. One place is still open this year or you know, until you until i do could i could tackle missing because there are 2 girls being considered picking 9 at mcmann. They are nothing. Yes. Both has trouble background genetic. Hes the kind of not enough to get used to getting the money we have to make the right decision is that the children get pregnant. No, because they are poor men out for money to poor families. If you notice it, you know, and parents agree to marriage because they cant feed all the children up. Do you like to give the terrible it go down to them and get that i get in the middle . Yes, we have to prevent the yeah. And i think youll really and im good with what i love a you know, we can protect them at our school with one of one of whom we think the the american yes. And the girls will pass on our values for many years. What they learn to help the Community Community goes, dont just go just spoke to the schools in exchange for free education. The fathers have to agree not to marry. All said daughters only to forego has a conversation based practices are officially submitted in kenya. But the assembled paid to hate for them and i get them to get and get to school and get them on the line. Girls who attend or school to go normally study to become a nurse or a doctor one day that one in that category. So why would they also learn that they have right along, but i think some of them will get a they have the right to reject general cutting in marriage. That will be so many months isnt. And theyll spread the news to other girls on line. The initial and theyll learn just how much is the boys wont know and then bring home just as much money for their families. I must say, well then, okay, my new my like out the model and thats how girls will finally be valued as much as boys that are so cool. Tell them one when they have decided to to accept rose and jane will visit the family the next day. To win over the father or can you let me know . Im very proud of what weve created level this bond. We have not this place of respect happen. And i also know now that they can manage fine without me doing this. And the women has become very independent, especially financially. Jewelry is the main source of income and the pride of that culture did a yeah. This and buddha, and for the magnificent be to jewelry, neighboring tribe school, them the bunch of flies color, like this ways a good, a teenagers the women only take you tell to sleep in the news even for the problem. Say, and as ive been wearing this jewelry, since i was a small child and by that never went and i was also taught early how to make my own neck. This is not a very tough within that im just part of my culture. And then i want to be getting it done by the beads and not just on the mental. They also remind the women of the some blue tradition where young men come was us goes for themselves with gifts of beads, for sex whenever they want. The family is not allowed to refuse. If the goals become pregnant, that forced to have an abortion unmarried off to an older man in exchange for diary even when theyre under age of the game, then if they show up under gain in the fight, my daughter was still a baby when i came to not have a terminal on that. I think that she wont be a be girl. Not, ill protect her from have a will not, i can you know that the are here. Ive learned the beads can also help us out, and im going to make sure that we now earn money with the euro type guy. The number one, the cody mean montana has only been in emoji for 6 months. And it was one of us and me and im a senior by come from so yeah, 3 days walk away. I was on the run when i heard about the womens village. No, to not on the. Somehow i found my way here. And it was my salvation look, this is where he started me with the bush. Nice it let somebody then im very sorry. It was a little when you know what, but he did even take me to the hospital and thats when i decided to run away. And then the you could have done more to you, i dont, i just my whole life is one big car or, and im actually the, did you loved imagine on if its anonymous. I never loved him, but im glad to be rid of them. I dont know, i feel better now than that, and i dont want to see him again. But what about the money had ended up maybe im not very, im ok. Just be careful. The same thing doesnt happen to you if it did to korea in maybe imagine one night her husband showed up here and just grabbed her. She screamed loudly. We all ran over and threw stones out here the yeah. They did. They give them both ways to move way out of the village and they can met. I met him. I dont get that muscle now in the middle of talking about their experiences gives the women that voice back. They dont want to be victims any longer. They want to take their lives into that a hands and to do better than the man to create a more peaceful world. 63 year old suzanne chalet, anti grand son, would normally not be allowed on this side of the river. She belongs to the 2 kind of tried the arch enemy of the some buddha such as he like you to lead to the conflict between the simple and the to accounting. I was especially bad when i came here. You know, i fled one night when people were being killed like animals. I think during the hope we get windy weather, assemble on to kinda new mode. You old women are a chrome comfortable. They face the same problems. Yeah. Minus, i cant sit down man anymore, types of not even the side of them. Once i bumped into my husband outside, feeling good and i was paralyzed. The name of the memories came flooding back would be the beatings. The violence though. I couldnt stop crying because he bite and i cant stand men anymore. Oh no thats. Ready the but the women, if emoji account completely avoid the male wealth of the assembled, they have to get food such as rice and beans, at least once a month. They have to go to the next largest village toothpaste. Today the women want to buy ability get that here and then trade with met the and the women always come in and launch. Great. And im trying to show as much self confidence as possible. Their appearance is a personal la from to the Young Assembly of why we use the are you in charge here . Get lost youre supposed to solicit goes not tell me what to do. What do you need a good for tweet. Of course the what about this one . The come out and name a price by the 23000. 00 shilling, which was the saddest one. Of course the the women go away empty handed, but giving up please. No, its an option. They try the next big what do you, what we are free people. Im not giving you a good 7800 shillings or get lost. Yeah, you showed them get 7500 or getting out make us a fair price. No, many a go costs around full 1000. 00 canyon shillings or about such a euros. The women when give one of the they know where we come from, nobody knows that in the mode you only children and women will be eating the meat, then they dont like it and they want to humiliate rather disadvantage and cant get a fair price. Well yeah, that amount. Well not, not that the women pass via and finally succeed. Everything that i gave, you know the, its a struggle every time, but we got what is on it. Yeah. My goodness. That makes me feel happy. And i just need to do a leg on the icing on the cake. The go is healthy enough to feed the whole village. The, the men a somewhat baffled goats and capital, his own ways being assemblers greatest assets. Up until 40 years ago, they still lived as no magic code, is that more and more of that land was the subs. And today the majority of the tribe lives in permanent villages. The, the hop design is a joke. The frame of demand yet is a tim, but last is, is cost is with model and countdown and covered with animal skins, growth maps, and now sometimes also plastic. Its physically strenuous look which in m. O. Jeff is only done by the women. Mariam. Uh well see, move into her own house. But the roof of her future mind, yes to is leaking the rose design and christine has collected countdown, which they need to bring to the pace with the ash and go to the kind of most of the acts as a sealant the fuel my. So for me, life is easier without man and im one of the and i, when i can do what i want to know then yes, of course i dont have to get permission from anyone. I say yes. Yes, exactly, and weve always done everything anyway. The other men sat under the tree in the shade playing marbles of the i guess thats right. Familiar. The we did repairs, had cook wash milk, fed the animals pneumonia is not certainly a safe haven for women, but also a functioning co operative give them back. I dont know why we share every single and hardly ever argue i dont know so funny, but were also women. And sometimes we get on until the middle of the now i dont know what and thats usually about who made the most beautiful jewelry. Who had ive ever sold the most independent living the one i was talking to today. Oh. And then the women have coughed out their own independence, a real high. The basic principles they live by respect and solidarity. Are a stock contrast to the well, they came from the rose and jane settle suddenly to visit the gun excepted to the school. Theyre eager to see if they can convince her parents the meet you well, the refuses to sign the contract. We cant do anything that didnt seem to the end of the end. Do they give you more than we do that . I mean, they worked for about an hour to reach the village of so many let me contact the family recently had to sell the last goats just to survive. The goes from such poor families or to high risk of being married all sadly, the deal would secure a father several pounds from his daughters future husband. That rose and jane went to protect. Some will have found the agree hold on the line. Hello, my name is rose and i come from the womens village of emotions. One yeah, wed like to admit your daughter to our school. Free of charge. You dont necessarily know you. Thank you very much for this offer. But why did you choose our daughter . And will simila still kind of cool, but then not doing it. Mm hm. And then go and get the thing else you and get on the school bus will collect simila and bring her home to one of the we want to help the poor families to give their children and education. And why that, about this one out and get it. Well, why dont you cant pay for your daughter to go to school . Can you give it to you . Thats why we want to support you dont give them up and rather than they are a match or know nothing. And i thought we are very grateful to you and the yeah, we couldnt even bicycle the another. Like i said, i got it in the mail. But the parents dont know the conditions yet often none of them are really, but they have clear guidelines that no general cutting no child marriage. Okay. We have a contract and you have to sign it. So, so im, im you guys and im really not, im not, i didnt really know if i wrote, there are problems. Thats clear. Then what are the other men will ask me why im going against our culture out of another. When samantha would be the 1st go in our village and not to be circumcised. But ive heard the circumcision can be bad for the girls and make them sick. Now that uh, even the governments against it gotten, youll be with the news so i wouldnt have sent them a circumcised can you continue maybe to where youre going to have another. And i want her to go to school to out of that was the one i wasnt a lie to myself that i know that you know, we are not not going on. Its a surprisingly positive response. Dnd is agreed sooner than expected to 7 year old. Somebody that has no idea what shes avoided. Mostly she looking forward to recess. Im looking forward to recess. The person in the moving it now rose and janes mission was successful. The village is full of excitement. A preparations that runs away for the new School Year Celebration a very special day for the women. The mothers washed the youngest childrens hat and School Childrens heads, a shame this part of the tradition canary, m. O. Even bates and middle some piece her youngest. She had to leave 4 sons behind when she fled best we could add them when they get the lay of one of them. I often think about them, but one of these would be, you know, done bases in a minute and then i dont know how they are. And then the now school starting, i went on monday and i wish they could go to identical to what i can get. Im in Level College and that was due to illness and making that item of another. Maybe that will be a chance to bring them here later and thats why i never mariano is slowly adjusting to a new home level one, the new one. Im in dennis. Im encouraged by the other women in their stories. I now know that im not alone. If it will know that im not the only one, this has happened to the knows my husband would have killed me if i hadnt slept about that alone. We should see of the, the 12, the village is strictly off limits to men. The women sometimes can live with them until they come of age. Then they have to leave the village, but they leave with what the women here have told them. The Village School stands for new and best to feature the festival is the most important celebration of the full image of the go slow to is comfortable festivities. They use the entire animal to ensure the whole village can benefit. Jane is a co found a, as in low jack shes proud of the top. Shes taken may go. Yeah. I didnt know when youre doing. I live in the middle of my, you know, my go young. If i could survive without a man, i got a note and today i can eat all i want. Well, half of the women prepare the food. Others connect firewood we provide, we need a lot of wood, more wood denominated for what . For outside scope. This is going to be great and who slaughtered is we slaughtered and will drink the blood will go to bed. O and satisfied cannot. Yeah. Is the good. Yeah. But they living in by the time the, [000 00 00;00] the mama rebecca is to say come into the feast. The villages are hosting songs and dunces in her on the use of the lyric still need some practice in mary. M. O is still getting the hang of things the, the, the, the, the price is the success. Rebecca shows her appreciation by mingling with the down. This is the weather is cooler and the feast is ready to meet with potatoes, rice, tomatoes, and cabbage. Meat is expensive and special. The womens diet consists mainly of vegetables, fruits and cereals. And now do you remember when we bought our very 1st coat, the 9 . My goodness. No, no good. Im sure ill never forget it. That was fine. And then you get me last week the men chased us after we left the market. Im not the one i need to know. I know they couldnt believe it. You can gather with them. Why do you have a goat for us . So many of them do you have a lot of the go to do we well when we got that full eat the meat we well we got a lot of other make with the im going it still feels so good to eat. The best parts of the go to the parts we have the never get me back. The diana is only 13 years old. Shes had a sheltered childhood, a new mode. Yeah. And has internalized the womens values side of the line i can last summer, miguel. And when im old enough, i want to go to university or is i dont have an am i you are you. I dont want to get married the guy, you know, id rather stand up for human rights. Miss daniels. I mean, i fucked on those. If i ever change my mind a minute, it will only be for a man who really loves me and respects my rights. We live in does a lot. But from what i know, there are no such med put them to the today is not just any day for 7 year old simila. Its have 1st day at school. But i didnt get them. Listen to what the teachers say. Take care have fun. And i cant wait to hear all about it. The human. Im so happy that my daughter is getting an education because im no negative, so none of our family has ever been to school. Im so grateful. Its nice. And so many as mother can rest assured that the school bus will bring her daughter safely home. Again, this often the this will be similar 2nd time for the next 8 years. And thats how long she can go to school. And while the older pupils quickly tied you up because we knew chapter begins for samoa on Technology Nights rose the teacher doesnt want to miss this special moment. The principal registers similar hes one of the few man allows him the, the 1st grade is a between 6 and 8 years old. Were going to sing the elephants on the headings when he and english kenyas 2 official languages is the most important thing for the 1st graders of the more than 60 languages and dialects in the country. Simila, ninos mom, the language of the symbol i want to learn math writings, for helium languages. The cost is a next. The next generation of a mode you the boys as well as the goes on to carry the village philosophy into the future. The. What did i get . Im done. When i get out what im going to set up, i know that all these girls wont have to suffer what i did, the your family protect them from general cutting in child marriage. Im so happy for these children that are the 1st and then the positive school. Shes been looking forward to find that he begins recess with hot chocolate and taste for lunch. The. The women who mowed yet go to bays in the evening in the nearby i was so rizza they want to show nary m o y, which is the safest. The washing ceremony always begins with a noisy ritual to scare off the crocodiles that live in the river the the, the vigilant and exuberant at the same time. Its how they faced so many of nice challenges. The me this time by the result is almost the same for the women the yeah. Doesnt that make you happy to do anything in washing like when we were children . Mariam o has become part of the community. Is the i guess a foot mother and the im fine the im free now and can do what i want to do. I was so stressed before arguing with my husband about every little thing because you know, as low as one another one yet look, the emotion has shown me that i can survive in my own life. Theres always a way, one of the new one. Now i, the problem is another thing given the uses, its given me strength by the i fall asleep unafraid. 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