Street Peeper Zimbabwe Street Peeper April 2018 | Page 11

EDITORIAL ARTICLE
Rutendo Samantha Borerwe
The journey foe women over the centuries has been marred with
struggle ,pain abuse and above all oppression to the woman as a
whole. From Women not being allowed to vote to women being
deprived of the opportunity to go to school, the best we can say is
We have come a long way and the journey still goes on. I am a
proud woman and I am excited at the future prospects that
women have in a world where there is an increase in Women voic-
ing their opinions.
There have been so many achievements by women over the years
that bring a warmth into my heart at how much the sisters fought
together. Over the years there has been strong vocalization
against child marriages and the victories are coming in small num-
bers but it is a start. Child marriages have been largely associated
with 3rd world countries and bad economies. For instance Zim-
babwe is amongst some of the world’s top child marriages coun-
tries. The worst part about it is that most child marriages do not
occur between children of the same age but between a 13 year old
and a 50 year old man. I can vividly remember my childhood when
I had a young friend of mine who got married of at the age of 11
because of religious beliefs only to pass on at the age of 16 due to
lack of proper health care and I believe the physical and emotional
toil she went through as a young wife.
What are you doing to help these fights? Indian women are bat-
tling harassment and rape at high rates but are still heavily re-
stricted by the patriarchy in their country where women are pub-
licly humiliated and no one says a word. Women are treated as
objects in India with their dowry system that only makes women
more of liabilities other than people. A country where a religious
sect can publicly put a bounty on a woman because of a movie
role she played, Why are men still that powerful?