Kenyan women stage 'sex strike'
Ida Odinga, the prime minister's wife, said she would join the boycott
Kenyan women stage 'sex strike'
http://english. aljazeera. net/news/ africa/2009/ 04/2009430215553 54595.html
Women's groups in Kenya have started a week-long "sex strike", in an attempt to
press the country's leaders to resolve rifts and work together.
Ten non-governmental organisations urged women across the nation to boycott sex
with their husbands and partners along with a statement calling for reforms in
government and action on promoting women's rights.
Rukia Subow, chairwoman of the Women's Development Organisation, said the group
believed the boycott would persuade men to press the government to make peace.
"This is a national boycott to show that the women of this country have
resolved to push for reforms," she said. "We want an urgent solution to the
political problems facing this country."
The group would pay prostitutes so they would participate in the strike, Subow
said.
'Not punishment'
Ida Odinga, the wife of the prime minister, Raila Odinga, said on Thursday that
she would join the strike to protest against divisions between her husband and
the country's president.
"This should not be seen as a punishment to men, it is a measure that is aimed
at drawing their attention to the real issues," she said.
It was not clear whether the wife of Mwai Kibaki, the president, would join the
strike.
The east African country has been in political turmoil since a presidential
election in December 2007 which Odinga accused Kibaki of stealing.
Protests led to violence that killed more than 1,000 people and left more than
600,000 homeless.
The two rivals were pressed into a power-sharing deal by the international
community but disputes have crippled the coalition government and fuelled wide
popular discontent.
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