---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 5 Jan 2017 08:38 Subject: Fwd: 13 and married to her rapist To: "elisabethjanaina" <[email protected]> Cc:
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Oliver MacColl - Avaaz" <[email protected]> > Date: 5 Jan 2017 08:08 > Subject: 13 and married to her rapist > To: > Cc: > > > A Tunisian court just let a rapist evade prosecution by marrying his 13 year-old, pregnant victim! Let’s launch a massive wave of global pressure and get it outlawed, like we did in Morocco. > > sign the petition > > Dear friends, > > 13-year-old Janina* will be wed to her rapist — and now he won't face jail time! But if we act fast we can stop this from happening. > > A bill to close the outrageous “rape & marry” loophole has waited for almost two years in Tunisia’s parliament. This horrific case can put it at the top of the agenda. That’s where we come in. > > Women are on the streets demanding change, and if we show Tunisia’s hold-out politicians the world is watching, we can force them to save rape victims from this nightmare. Add your voice now: > > Click for repeal of the rapist marriage law > > In Tunisia rape survivors are often shamed for speaking about their sexual assault. For many families marrying their daughter to the rapist is seen as the honorable way out -- punishing the victims, not the perpetrators. > > This tragic legal loophole exists in many countries around the world, originally to protect young couples from prosecution. But it’s now used frequently to avoid punishing rapists who’ve committed horrific crimes, even driving some rape-victims to suicide. > > Two years ago Avaazers helped overturn a similar law in Morocco. Let’s do it again in Tunisia and start to build momentum to end the “rape & marry” loophole all over the world. Add your name now: > > Click for repeal of the rapist marriage law > > Across the world, women and girls struggle daily for freedom, security, justice and dignity. Again and again, Avaaz members have stood for that fight. We know that when we come together, we can win. Let’s do it again. > > With hope and determination > > Oli, Dalia, Ari, Bert, Rewan and the Avaaz team > > * Janina is not her real name > > More information: > > 13-year-old girl forced to marry her 'rapist' step-brother (The Independent) > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rape-tunisia-13-year-old-girl-pregnant-article-227-child-marriage-womens-right-consent-a7483941.html > > Tunisian court approves marriage of pregnant 13-year-old (CNN) > http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/14/middleeast/tunisia-court-child-marriage/index.html > > Tunisian Law Allows Rapists to Avoid Prosecution in Case of Marriage with Victim (Tunisa -Live) > http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/03/29/tunisian-law-allows-rapists-to-avoid-prosecution-in-case-of-marriage-with-victim/ > > Countries Are Banning Rapists From Marrying Their Victims To Avoid Punishment: Report (Huffington Post) > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/rape-equality-now-report_n_6722928.html > > > > Avaaz is a 44-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter. > > You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Community Petitions Site" on 2014-05-20 using the email address [email protected]. > To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add [email protected] to your address book. To change your email address, language settings, or other personal information, contact us, or simply go here to unsubscribe. > > To contact Avaaz, please do not reply to this email. Instead, write to us at www.avaaz.org/en/contact or call us at +1-888-922-8229 (US). -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oreJfy6HFFiToXOfkK0aPBUKZGio7wD6DTZeizZfNq_yg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
