Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Kenya widows fight sexual 'cleansing' practice


A group of women in western Kenya are fighting "widow-cleansing", a traditional ritual practised by Luo ethnic communities in some of the poorer, more rural areas of the country. The ritual requires women to have sex - often with strangers - when their husbands die. The men who "cleanse" them are sometimes HIV-positive and do not use protection.
Read more via BBC.

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