Chico Perico killed his wife He chopped her into pieces and cooked her up Everyone who passed by could smell the stench But no one wanted her because she was a woman. -Nicaraguan nursery rhyme Domestic violence at its most extreme is a phenomenon so remarkable in Nicaragua it has its own name. They call it femicide — when a man kills a woman he considers his property. Klibanoff, a student at George Washington University, explores the irony behind the laws of a country whose female citizens endure a startling amount of abuse and whose first lady speaks about womens empowerment while enjoying a higher popularity ranking than her husband. For more on womens rights in Nicaragua see Klibanoffs story Nicaragua: These Women Had Dreams. bit.ly/19sQ2Pu
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:45:00 +0000
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