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ADUN SPEAKS | Sexual abuse is a matter of social justice
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ADUN SPEAKS | Survivors of sexual abuse of any kind are often made to deal with a barrage of social stigmas.

They are often told that they are broken, socially unclean and are sometimes ostracised from society, as if the attire or the colours of our lipstick are invitations for such debasing acts.

What is broken is the culture that misappropriated women’s social standing in a supposedly equal society.

There are so many circumstances that lead to sexual abuse but the one thing they all have in common is the utter disrespect for women...


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