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April 4, 2006
One for the ladies
I really like this photo, not because it’s a particularly good photo, but because all the women are listening so intently. They are being told that, after community consultation, women may have their names on the deeds of the new houses that we are building for them. You can’t see it in this photo, but the men are off near the bushes messing about, re-tying their sarongs and being indignant about such an absurd suggestion.
When the community voted on whether both men and women should have their names on the deeds of the new houses, the number of widows in the community pushed the vote in favour of the women. Now both names will appear on housing deeds. This one’s for the ladies!
Posted by catherine at April 4, 2006 12:44 PM
Comments
your photo with the words explaining what is going on is awesome to see. it's so important for women to express power as a group . . . without the group dynamic, women's power is so diluted and ungrounded. probably true for the boys too, but i can only surmise my gendered experience. thanks for keeping it real. x
Posted by: Linda at April 4, 2006 5:09 PM