Thread by @AmnestyKenya

As we always say, Fridays are for the #AmnestyBookClubKE ! Click on the link below to join us as we discuss our May/June read: A Thousand Splendid Suns with @Rahel_O, @OchiengAmy, and @kevmwachiro! Don’t miss out on the fun, join us! Bit.ly/SplendidSunsAB…

“What I liked most was how it touched on patriarchy oppresses both men and women,”@OchiengAmy on what she liked about our #AmnestyRead A Thousand Splendid Suns #AmnestyBookClubKE

“Patriarchy doesn’t just silence women, it oppresses men as well. They know how to do the right thong but they keep silent because they want to retain their status,” @OchiengAmy #AmnestyBookClubKE

The fact that the women were still hopeful really stood out to me,” @Rahel_O #AmnestyBookClubKE

“The biggest thing from the book is hope, even in the most dire situation ,” @Rahel_O
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“I have to go to Afghanistan and visit this country that he has described so vividly. That’s the beauty of books for me,” @kevmwachiro on how reading Khaled Hosseini’s books made him feel.
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“Kenyan women are very protected by the law but the people who implement the law that’s where the problem lies,”@OchiengAmy #AmnestyBookClubKE

“You cannot delink the future from the past,” @Rahel_O
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“Everyone has a role to play. Every single one of us even if we are not impacted by this,”@Rahel_O
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“We’re saying silence is complicit as well,” @kevmwachiro
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“When it comes to GBV, it’s not just women that we are talking about,” @kevmwachiro
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“The problems we have with our laws that they are not intersectional. They put women in one box and make us look homogeneous and don’t appreciate our diversity,” @OchiengAmy
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“Men in their diversity are also affected by GBV,” @OchiengAmy #AmnestyBookClubKE

“Patriarchy silenced men, so it was shaming that they couldn’t even speak,” @OchiengAmy
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“The now is very important because we have to appreciate the moment we are in but we have to ensure that the march moves forward,” @OchiengAmy
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“The way patriarchy works, if you are a man and you speak out, you are laughed out,” @Rahel_O #AmnestyBookClubKE

“The non-responsiveness was just alarming,” @OchiengAmy on the rise in GBV cases in the country during the pandemic
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“I was racking my brain to think of one case and I can’t,” @Rahel_O on any gains/ she sees in the fight to #EndFGM during the past year.
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“Other than more discussions taking place, which is great but the folly of that is you may just always end up talking about it,” @Rahel_O
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“We are missing the most important people in these conversations, the person who are going through GBV,”@Rahel_O
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“We are talking in silos, using very big words, using very good English but we’re not hands on,”@Rahel_O
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“Gender based violence takes a collective effort to make it come to an end,” @OchiengAmy
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“I would simplify the lingo so that everyone understands,” @Rahel_O #AmnestyBookClubKE

“Maybe it’s time to stop having these meetings in a hotel and have them in a community center,” @kevmwachiro on the need to ensure that our conversations are not had in silos and include everyone #AmnestyBookClubKE

“GBV doesn’t only occur in our homes, it also occurs in public spaces,”@OchiengAmy
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“Identity and inclusivity, and ensuring everyone right across the board is involved,” @kevmwachiro
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“It’s happening to those of us who are supposed to be the voice of the people, we need to acknowledge it also happens in work places,” @Rahel_O
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“Newsrooms need to take this situation seriously,” @Rahel_O
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“We need to clean shop in media houses and other spaces, and then have the audacity to do something about it,” @Rahel_O
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“It’s really sad that there is only one government shelter for women,” @kevmwachiro #AmnestyBookClubKE

“Hope is powerful. The only way that a woman or man who is in a gender base violence situation is able to face another day is through hope,” @Rahel_O
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“We cannot wait to be saved. We cannot wait for the billions pledged by the government for safe houses. Start with what we have,” @Rahel_O
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“Use your space, use the little that you have to offer hope,” @Rahel_O
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“The criminal justice system fall back needs to be strong, efficient and feminist,” @Rahel_O #AmnestyBookClubKE

“As civil society we need to ensure that we continually scream and when we scream, we ensure that it’s transformative,” @Rahel_O
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“Can we go back and look at how patriarchal norms have normalized gender based violence,” @Rahel_O
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“Just acknowledging that gender based violence is wrong and we need to call it out. It has been normalized and we need to have an activist culture in our homes and call out,” @kevmwachiro #AmnestyBookClubKE

"Scream, So that one day, A Hundred years from now, Another Sister will not have to, Dry Her tears wondering, Where in History, She lost her Voice" Jasmin Kaur #AmnestyBookClubKE

If you aren’t at the #AmnestyBookClubKE, what are you waiting for? Join us either using on Zoom: bit.ly/SplendidSunsAB…
or on our FB Livestream: fb.watch/6uS31mjobt//

We hate to say goodbye but we have to run and buy our next #AmnestyBookClubKE read: Dialogue and Dissent by our very own ED, @irunguhoughton! You can purchase your copy @rafubooks! #AmnestyReads