Morapedi
By: silencespeaks
Posted: Jun 13 08
Witnessed: 537 times
South Africa
HIV-AIDS, Violence against women
domestic violence, interview, intimate partner violence, oral testimony
Morapedi is a young South African man who mourns the loss of his sister-in-law and regrets he was unable to protect her from his older brother, who abused and beat her. Eventually, Morapedi’s brother began sleeping around and infected the sister-in-law with HIV, which led to her death. Morapedi is eager to continue his education so he can make a contribution to ending men’s violence against women.
This story was created in a Silence Speaks digital storytelling workshop sponsored by the Sonke Gender Justice Network and held in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2007. (if you can, make the Silence Speaks link to the SS site, and the Sonke Gender Justice Network link to: http://www.genderjustice.org.za/projects/digital-stories.html
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