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any junior welcome to news africa i'm glad you tuned in rape and sexual violence has been a continuing crisis in syria and for yes and it's getting worse in fact it has led presidents matter be you to declare it's in national emergency in media now spends i 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 president view 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 represents the rights of women and girls and we welcome it we welcome it because it is bringing spotlight and attention to it to an issue that we believe. the place via government government officials so well called my idea. this thing i've been going on for so long and we're so happy to have this president want to do a piling on stop to meet and we just. didn't you know we didn't with these issues i have. both. 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 of 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 great a 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 it through it and we embrace these deeply recession because that is what we needed force to be able to do to actually chase the people that do with this. crazy thing in this country. well some will see better lead than never but still why has it taken this long for reef to be declared

a national emergency considering that it's many in major problem for your 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 going out and campaign against it and the end of all 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 this is the right time for him to come out and people know he's not going to be accepted in your nonsense on the he's on leadership us to president of discount tree last year the number of such are relieved that violence more has 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 come reported. well the fact is this for now when people report rape most times do stigmatization definitely it will affect them in the future it just does nothing at the individual and then tell your family so their best thing to do is to just not see 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 the victims and myself as the force navy working towards that is on that my

flagship as if you know if you've been following that's why i had lunch the hunts of goats campaign in december hands of. rape is at the top of my it yet that is one of the things that i believe we need to stop. the number of rape now people are more bald people come forward because they're not to have somebody didn't own a house people who would support and you have been when he starts agenda will he's working tirelessly to make sure any rip victim that can forward will we do you will support you will support your campaign and we will support all your pieces going forward but before now that is what was lacking they don't have the support state don't have anybody who will champion the cause is sore when they get to court. it's there what against the traitor unfortunately the puppetry tour is. popular it will know people in high places of death 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 know it's meet all of the woman in this country we all come out and we. need to stop we definitely need to. thank you very much mrs field for your time we know you're very busy so thank you very much appreciate your time thank you to kenya now where on a friday the high court will rule on whether or not to decriminalize gay sex it 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 and it's

a decision that would have a ripple effect across the region because it would be the first country in central africa to successfully determine lies homosexuality that is if their so called repeal one six two petition is successful on friday so how important would that be for the l g b t i q community our correspondent melanie corrado bow met with mary moody who is still in office in society where repealing the law could change everything. this goes will be we hope you but. i hope. so. just because i used to love frank. if it weren't for marion with three scars he would have a hard time guessing what she's been through mary identifies internets b.

and that is why his stepfather caused 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 a to be moral. it took. me all of about. and then after me baffled. by the whole of my own. thank you. and then even killed myself those because they are. even just when i don't know i was pregnant. and i'm so thankful who make clothes so mean to me as a. consumer the mom. has something. to give me hope. that some christopher has given mary strength and pacing prejudice and a little more that criminalizes mary's 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 as you can see 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. is real we did because they're bringing it will do what god created adam and eve not adam and steve. it's not accepted here we can't get out and never learn to it that it's our behavior to be creative themselves although they are born like that i don't know i see it is i'm not twenty's again it's cool. but it was almost in a t. she's encountered hasn't broken very spirit is that asking yourself. a minute that this guy. who knew me can move on way

too because although i'm different in doesn't make me want to bother when love goes with the love i don't know what these hold will hold. 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 he loves. and be mum mum will be certain. to. love is the message and the message is love that's it for now from d.w. news africa you can catch all oss tori's on our website on facebook page. we leave you with some stunning images from the number of deaths it where a median german artist mock zeven tof has set up a sound installation playing africa by told tool on

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