28/08/2026
🚨 MAMA,STAYING IN VIOLENCE "FOR THE CHILDREN" DOES NOT PROTECT THEM.
The increasing reports of women losing their lives through intimate partner violence and femicide are deeply alarming.
Behind every woman killed is a child who will never hear her mother's voice again.
Mama,we know you are staying because you love your children. But please hear us:
Your children need you ALIVE,not enduring in pain.
Your children see everything.
Your son is learning that a man can beat his wife.
Your daughter is learning that love must hurt to be real.
And you,mama, you are slowly dying inside.
That constant fear, those sleepless nights, that high blood pressure, that body that is always sick that is not normal. That is trauma living in your body.
When you stay and endure, you are unintentionally teaching them that violence is love. It is time to break the cycle.
FEMICIDE IS REAL. IT IS HAPPENING. IT MUST END.
Femicide is the intentional killing of women and girls because they are female.
You are not alone. We see you. We hear you.
Your life matters more than "what will people say."
Threats to kill are not ordinary quarrels. Take them seriously.
Her life is not yours to take.
Her dignity is not yours to destroy.
Her decision to leave is not a death sentence.
Protect women.
Challenge violence.
Break the silence.
Save lives.
TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
Please do not pressure a woman to stay in a dangerous relationship to preserve marriage, protect bride price, or “for the sake of the children.” No marriage, no family honour, no bride price is worth a human life.
When a woman runs to you for help, do not send her back to die. Do not tell her "di endure." Listen. Protect her. Take her to the health center. A marriage that kills is not a marriage to preserve.
At Rural Nurses, we will not look away.
If you are hurt, we will treat your wounds with confidentiality.
If you are afraid, we will listen without judgment.
If you need help, we will connect you to psychosocial support, medical care and protection services
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