There was a place in kenya where another of life and the theme of death will hand in hand one level one, the new one and dennis and im encouraged by the other women and their stories. So we, we, you know, know that im not alone, but 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 alone. We should be the, 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 took a day, has found refuge, and one of the traditional mind yet has so now the 67 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 now that she cautiously feels highway for which mm hm. 6 a day. Now, marianne oh, why did you come here . Okay, well and then i have a lot of problems at home and it was not given exactly. Youre safe here in a motel. Youre 6. You can relax here. Just put on the women lived together here, young and old. We do everything together from now on. You wont go anywhere alone. We stick together and i said 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 have family. She wants the same scenarios. Oh, good, good, good. And i want to make them when they 1st arrived, it was clear how distressed she was right. Her clothes were worn out and she was starving when im actually over to me. So i think she wasnt well when i 1st saw her and thats exactly what jane wants to change. She takes mariano under her wing. She wants to show how that things a different tier in the village of women. Very different from the rest of the savannah. Mary m o even gets a welcome gift mariano these are for you. Yeah. Oh the 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. The patio yeah maam. Um what i live in this is my go now as maam i dont know what to say in a level the other night goats actually belonged to man man. And this is the 1st thing ive ever owned on my own that the women in the news is that breaking up to booth. 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. Yes, they own how hard 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 points, 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 t center of power for the 48 women in and since she now lives outside road yeah. Shes not yet met scenarios. I dont know the welcome for them and thatd be one. Okay, awesome. Did you all sleep well this rebecca wants to know more about the new arrival woods go around in kenya, the to move to helps women. But its not about feeding the need. A rebeccas mission is to protect women in danger. What are you . I welcome you have an adult. You are a non god. We have some things to talk about. No matter you. And i said, you know why this village is here . Yes. Yes, i know why. If you will now listen here, when i 1st want to know how you got here with you, when you go, no, did you hear about us is not messing up with the man. Thats the model i came from far away. I bought it for almost 2 days and then another woman told me about a movie on it. And then i asked around that that, and im with and i had a fight with my husband finding the setting and it is a, it was bad and i wasnt safe anymore. Not allowed to log in to do it for you for or have you been beat of that of another one of those were poor too low. You know, you well, youre not got them. I use area and yeah, listen carefully. As i said, we dont want any stress here, weve left that behind who you are, that we share everything and do everything together. Because were a community, were only strong as a team. If we leave old, let you out of our site. Yeah, i know that and the women will show you how life is here and when you, when the, when done, im only here occasionally. I dont know why we think im poking on. Rebeccas words carry weight, but shes not the head of the village. Mojdeh is democratic, the women decide collectively big box. Theres one rule that isnt top for debate mariano, welcome me. Listen carefully and im not allowed to, youre not at all. You cannot bring a man into the village even if you fall in love. Well, lets 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 was from rose la, 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. So she, 3 years ago that we founded mojo in 1990 because some blue men are violent a. This villages for women boys started on the one for women who have been driven out of their home and found that i have had to flee. And the more luck the life of the youth, for widows of bundle and for children, and that that a year and a single woman strength 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 be rebecca left have violent husband, 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, cuz the sound got to get you when we started remote or we didnt know, i guess we could survive on our own. Then we can go. So. But today we are on our own money night at the your, we get donations, you get that nobody goes to bed hungry and the, and we can send our children to school. You know, theyve got school is the most important thing for children. Who can just you and guide you 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 donations. The few children from outside the village of picked to attend free of charge. One place is still open this year to you and im so used to kind of do what i can tackle missing because there are 2 girls being considered. I think a 9 man. Nothing. Yes, both has trouble background, jeanette. I know her down right now kind of not enough to give another is to get her the money we have to make the right decision is that the children get pregnant because they are poor. Men out for money to poor families if you maybe so you know, and parents agree to marriage because they cant feed all the children in the back of the terrible it go down to them and get them and getting a little yes, we have to preventive and i think youre really good when, when you get to know what i think a you know, we can protect them at our school with one of one of whom we think the beginning. Yes. And the girls will pass on our values of them and use what they learned to help the community community. Those dont just get a spot at the school and exchange for Free Education that fathers have to agree not to marry. All said autism early on to forego has a conversation based practices are officially submitted in kenya, but the assembled paid to hate quiet. Im going to get them to get and get to school, go and get them on the line. Girls who attend or school dont only study to become a nurse or a doctor one day that one in that category so much. 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 loving them onto community. And theyll spread the news to other girls online, the initial and theyll learn just watches the boys wont medicine 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. Kill them one when they have decided to to accept rows and jane will visit the family the next day. To when im 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 my goodness. And the women has become very independent, especially financially. Jewelry is the main source of income and the pride of that culture did a new system. Buddha and for the magnificent beaded jewelry, neighboring tribes call them the bunch of flies color, like this weighs a good 18 legs. The women only take you to go to sleep in the event. But not a problem say, and as ive been wearing this jewelry, since i was a small child and by that never one. And i was also taught early how to make my own necklaces not have i told them that i know its 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 with this 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, and of them married off to an older man in exchange for diary even when theyre under age one of the ones that again, this is actually a thunder gain insight. My daughter was still a baby when i came to an auto terminal on that. I think that she wont be a be girl. Not, ill protect her from the one that i can. You know that here ive learned the beads can also help us out and im going to make you do we now earn money with the euro type guy. The number one, the cody mean and montana has only been in emoji for 6 months. And it was for the 70 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 bledsoe, my and then im very sorry. It was a little when you know what, but if you did even take me to the hospital, 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 left . Imagine on that thats and honestly, 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 the money had ended up maybe im not, im ok. Just be careful. The same thing doesnt happen to you is it did to korea in maybe imagine one night her husband showed up here and just grabbed her. She screamed loudly. I bought the one that we all ran over and threw stones out here by the lake, a little ways to my way out of the village and they can met. I met him, i dont get that muscle now. And then one minute was talking about their experiences, gifts, 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 wealth. 63 year old suzanne cha, until 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 december to serve us. Is he like you to lead to the conflict between the simple row and the door . Canada was especially bad when i came here. You know, i fled one night when people were being killed like animals. I think during the cope we get windy weather assemble on to kinda in new mo jeff old women are a chrome comfortable. They face the same problems. Yeah. Minus, i cant sit down man anymore. Parties are not even the side of the that once i bumped into my husband, outside hooligan i was paralyzed. The name of the memories came flooding back would be the beatings. The violence though. I couldnt stop crying since he bite, and i cant stand men anymore. Oh no, thats 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 the the women always come in and now its great. And im trying to show as much self confidence as possible the, their appearance is a personal la from the Young Assembly room where we use the are you in charge here . Get lost, youre supposed to, so its a goes not tell me what to do. What do you need a good for tweet . Of course the, you know, what about this one . The, the come out name of price by the 23000. 00 shilling. Which was the fattest one of course the the women galloway empty handed. But giving up, please know, its an option they try the next big what do you want . We have 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 4000. 00 canyon shillings or about so i see you rose. The women went give up. What about the they know where we come from. They know 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. And the, you know, 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. Not giving into the legs on the icing on the cake. The goat is healthy enough to feed the whole village. The men, a somewhat baffled ghosts in capital, has always been and assemblers racist assets up until 4 years ago. And they still lived as no magic cut is that more and more of the land was the subs. And today, the majority of the tribe lives in permanent villages. The. The hop design is a jones. The frame of demand yet is a timber lattice is pronounced it with model and countdown and covered with animal skins, growth mats, and now sometimes also plastic. Its physically strenuous look which in a mode yes is only done by the women. Mariam uh was to move into her own house. But the roof of her future mind yet to is leaking the rows. Suzanne and christine have collected countdown, which they need to bring to a page with ash and who to think of the kind of most of the tax is a seasoned my. So for me, life is easier without man and the, and i, when i can do what i want to know then yes. Well, i dont have to get permission from anyone thinking any of that. Right . Yes, exactly. And weve always done everything. Anyway. What about the men sat under the tree in the shade playing marbles of the i guess thats right. Familiar. The that 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, 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 would have that in result . The most interested . No one i was talking to today. Uh, let me me the women have carved out their own independence. A real height. 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 accepted to the school. Theyre eager to see if they can convince her parents the you the refuses to sign the contract. We cant do anything this end of 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 come to the farm and he recently had to sell the last goats just to survive. The goes from such poor families or to high risk of being married or fairly deal with secure referral to several cows from his daughters future husband. That rose and jane want to protect matlab 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 in the why did you choose our daughter and will submit lets do kind of cool the not doing that. Im not gonna do. Hm. And then go and get to go. Shes gonna get on the school bus will collect simila and bring her home to 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, you cant pay for your daughter to go to school, can you give it to you . Thats why we want to support you know, sponsor and that i dont get them up and rather than they are a 99. I thought we are very grateful to you and the you a bunch of like yeah, we couldnt even bicycle books and other like us that the news about it is that the parents dont know the conditions yet. Often none of them are they dont really have clear guidelines that no general cutting no child marriage. Okay. We have a contract and you have to sign it so. So like i said, no, really, were not, im not, i didnt really know if i but there are problems. Thats clear ones that youre done with it. The other men will ask me why im going against our culture out of another. Similar would be the 1st go in our village not to be circumcised to another major, but ive heard that circumcision can be bad for the girls and make them sick and that the even the governments against it and youll be with the news. So i wouldnt have said that was circumcised to me to continue maybe to where you can of another. And i want her to go to school to out of that, i will send somebody to myself that i know you know, we are not, is 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 most of the moving it now rose and janes mission was successful. The village is full of excitement preparations. It 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 cost of the tradition canary, m. O. Even bates and mental sun piece her youngest. She had to leave 4 sons behind when she fled to them when they get the lay of one of them. I often think about them, but one of the so would you let on 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 a new level of coverage. And i want you to list and making that item of that level. Maybe there will be a chance to bring them here later in the lab level. Mariano is slowly adjusting to when you have one level one, the 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 on the road. My husband would have killed me if i hadnt slept about that along. 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. T