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eddie my god jr welcome to news africa i'm glad you joined then rape and sexual violence has been a continuing crisis in syria loon for years and it's getting worse in fact it has led president ma the deal to declare it's a national emergency he media now spends are made a public outcry over the issue after recorded cases of rape and sexual assaults doubled in the past year two thousand five hundred activists believe the actual figure to be much higher as many victims don't report sexual attacks and that's another shocking statistic seventy percent of the victims are under the age of fifteen one recent high profile case involved a three month old baby present you also announced that people convicted of sexual offenses against minors will be imprisoned for life the move. was welcomed by

activist victims of sexual violence well as the vice president of an organization that advocates and represents the rights of women and girls in sierra leone we welcome it we welcome it because it is bringing spotlight and attention to it to an issue that we believe deserves priority placed by our government government officials so welcome idea. this thing i've been going on for so long and we're so happy to have peace president one. fine and still to meet and we just hope that. people intuition of the new book we didn't with these issues i have been. both in courts and also in homes i do see. those. how much. joining me from her residence in freetown is the first lady of syria only one. she's also

a woman's activist campaigning against child violence thank you very much mrs beale for making time for us and first of all how do you feel about the president's declaration calling this a national emergency. i want to as as a woman and a mother that's. so great in we need a lottery because we need it we needed a bigger voice a greater voice in the country and there is no reason for us as the president himself so when we had to declare recession as women we send a brute and we embrace his declare recession because that is what we needed force to be able to to actually chase the people that do with this hundred years crazy thing in this country. well some will see better than never but still why has it taken this long for review to be declared

a national emergency considering that it's many in major problem for you very long time now well my husband has only been the president of the republic last ten months or so in the last ten months myself of gone out and campaigned against it and the end of public person who have stood up and let the nation know this is something that their government is not going to accept and not count and so now the president had decided that it is time disintegrate time for you to come out people know he's not going to be accepting any of his nonsense on the he's on leadership us to president of the scum tree last year the number of such are related to the violence more or less doubled to about nine thousand cases but you and other women's activists believe that the number is even . it should be more and saw you believe that many people do not come out to report

these cases what is being done to deal with a culture of not reporting cases so many more people can report it. well the fact is before now when people report rape most times does matter he says shannon definitely it will affect them in the future it just does nothing to the individual and then tell your family it's so depressing to think to do is to just not to say anything about it and just keep it on that and the victim will just be victimized and you know the truth will cause courts free because they know that it will be too shameful for the victim to come out and say i've been great and nothing will come out of it anyway but now that the country knows that the president himself is back in d.c. teams and myself once the force navy i'm working towards that is on that my slab as

if you know if you've been following that's why i had lunch to hundreds of campaign in december hands of. rape is at the top of that which is one of the things that i believe we need to stop. the number of rape now people are more bold people come forward because they're not they have somebody been on a house people who would support and you have been when he starts agenda who is working tirelessly to make sure any ripped victim that can forward would we do you will support you will support your campaign and we will support all your pieces to go it forward but before now that is what was lacking they don't have the supports they don't have anybody who will champion the cause is sort when you get to court. it's the our what against of the traitor and unfortunately the popular it'll is the person or the puppet or it'll not people in high places that's kids will just be

washed washed and defective will be less justice as it is now if you if you if you do something like that i have promised this whole country if they catch us or. just know that you're case it's not only would you seek to meet all of those if the woman in this country would all come out. because you need to get up we definitely. thank you very much mrs deal for your time we know you're very busy so thank you very much appreciate your time thank you to kenya now where on friday the high court will rule on whether or not to decriminalize gay sex that is currently punishable by law and one could serve up to fourteen years in prison if found guilty activists are hoping to win this case i think it's a really it would be a monumental. point for us i think that it it's

a decision that would have a ripple effect across the region because it would be the first country in and central africa to successfully determine lies homosexuality that is if the so-called repeal one six two petition is successful on friday so how important will that be for the l g b t i q community our correspondent melanie corrado bow met with mary moodily who is still in office after that in society. repealing the law could change everything. this goes. through. the fly. so why would someone just because i do still flying. if it won for marion with three scarves you would have a hard time guessing what she's been through mary identifies as

a lesbian that is why has that father cost her out into the street when she was still a child that is why she was attacked by a group of men as a teenager and infected with hiv. it took. all of them. and then after. all of my own. thank you. and then even killed myself just because they have done. through my work over just a local. and i'm so thankful for the group who make clothes so when twenty years i got. the money. here's a guy who gave me. some christopher has given mary strength and pacing prejudice and lore that criminalizes marries very identity. in kenya it's not illegal to be

gay but it is against the law to act on it in practice this means that in so many cases like that of mary and u.t. i.q. couples have had their relationships repressed by the state and given the widespread disapproval of homosexuality they face constant discrimination and the threat of violence in their community. mission we did. we did. you cause they're bringing evil on the world god groups. not other moms. not accept it. we can't do that and have never learned with that it's our behavior to be creative themselves although they are born like i don't know i see it is i'm not wheaties i give you support. because i'm still a t. she's encountered hasn't broken marriage spirit. a minute that this is. more than you need can move

to because all that different in those and make me the one here want to bottle love goes with the love i don't know what these hold would hold dear. mary hopes that soon she won't have to feel imprisoned for having women and that one day in kenya she might be able to marry the woman. i am the mum mum will be certain us in a few. love is the message and the message is love that's it for now from d.w. news africa you can catch all lost on our website on facebook page. we leave you with some stunning images from the not made desolate where now maybe in german artist mock see them toff has set up a sound installation playing africa by told tool on

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