On the night of January 1, after spending the evening at the Dari festival, the 17-year-old girl was attacked by several men on her way home. This collective rape is controversial in the country and feminist associations continue to mobilize on social networks. The Chadian Women’s Rights League has chosen to make a sit-ins a few meters from the Dari festival.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Nadia Ben Mahfoudh
“ This is where the 17-year-old woman was raped “, says Ramenda Gonga Union, deputy general secretary of the Chadian Women’s Rights League (LTDF). It is on the roundabout in front of the January 15 Palace, where the Dari festival is held, that the LTDF activists met. A symbolic place to better be heard explains Menody Romance, an activist of the association: “ We are used to waging our struggle on social networks and we do not know whether the government has taken this into account or not. But this is too much. And today, we have mobilized to meet here and then continue this fight on the ground. »
“ Security must do its job »
Menody Trésor is responsible for legal affairs at the LTDF: “ We are in a country law and security must do its job. The Ministry of Security must do its job. But why say that women don’t have the right to come for a walk at such an hour? So the authorities in charge of security should take their measures. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs should also do work to be able to protect these women. »
According to a press release from the Directorate for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights, the victim benefits from support ” medical and psychosocial “.
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