Body condemns acts of violence among women over side chicks
Family Rights, Elderly and Child Protection (FRECHIP) has condemned violence taking place among women in the country surrounding issues of infidelity saying this portrays lack of respect for one another.
Executive Director for FRECHIP, Esmie Tembenu, made the remarks in a statement issued on Tuesday following the circulation of videos on social media depicting women undressing, insulting and assaulting fellow women alleged to have slept with their husbands.
“FRECHIP is failing to understand why Malawian women have lost respect for themselves and their families. What women must know is that when they undress a fellow woman, they are somehow undressing themselves since women are biologically made in a similar way,” said Tembenu in the statement.
She said such immoral behavior discredits their husbands instead of protecting them.
“We are further advising married women to be protecting, upholding and defending their families when they suspect something bad from their husbands,” said Tembenu.
Tembenu said FRECHIP’s concern is on the children of the women who are being undressed and their videos posted on social media saying the children are able to see their mothers in such a degrading state.
The rights body also pointed out the law educates us not to be taking the law into our own hands and this is the reason why the Malawi Government established law enforcement offices like the police, Ombudsman, courts and human rights organizations where the women who were offended could have taken their cases.
One of the videos that went viral recently involved a woman who was undressed by a group of women who took turns to beat her up brutally and mercilessly with clay pots, chairs and other household items for cheating with one of the women’s husband.
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Not that since women are made biologically in similar way, all women are the same they’re just women the same applies to men are the same are just men. So there is no logic in undressing anyone of the same sex in the name of shaming them it’s nonsensical. Respect for one another is the only thing that needs to be embraced.
True but too late to save jerusalem.
All this boils back to leadership problem-kugona thu machi. Malawians have no respect for their police, chiefs and now the president himself. Zimayamba pang’onopang’ono kenaka anthu amawona ngati ndim’mene zimakhalira. Those who take the law in their own hands should be arrested and be locked in for a very long time. If we do not have the necessary law to agree with that, thats the MPs job to enact that sort of law. Let them do that to my sister or daughter, you will find them all dead before the story is published on Nyasa Times.
We salute you mum …mmaitha
Koma ziphuphu kumasoko adona, mfunseni Obama Chiumia akuuzeni kuti anayuza chani kuti asalaleko pano eishhh kuopsa
The statement made by frechip is appalling and an insult to women. Why should women be blamed for the actions for defending what is lawfully theirs- the husband? It’s lack of security and protection that women being the wife or sidechicks have that compels people to take the law in their own hands. These are the kind of statements that fuel men’s promiscuous behaviour and lack of integrity and honesty by their continous flirtatious and immoral behaviour that expose their wives to stress, stds, hiv etc? It’s time organisation such as yours rally behind women and address the unpalatable behaviour of our men. It’s so disgusting to hear how women must uphold their husband extra marital affairs. These ideologies does not help the Malawi culture to get rid of abuse, sexual harassment, rape of Malawian women.
Advice to married women, leave those promiscuous husbands of yours for your own wellbeing, they don’t deserve it.
It seems foolish advice from FRECHIP. Women need to get out of abusive marriages. If a man cheats, a woman should live that man instead of fighting a fellow woman. It is for this reason that women need to be educated and financially independent so that they can say no to the promiscuous behavior of men (husbands). In fact, another way is for married women to find a side guy to fill up for the neglect (sexual, emotional, psychological and financial) that they face when their husband has an extramarital affair. The idea that women should bottle it up when a man cheats in order to respect marriage, the husband and children is stupid and so yesterday.
What happened to her face?????
Koma is it fair Kumadya katundu wa mwini? honestly people are simply reaping what they sow……
Nokhanokha .Waiting for another placard showing that message
It is good to come out like this and condemn what needs to be condemned. I have over this week watched two video clips of separate incidences where women are doing the unimaginable to fellow women. i am a man but have never thought of degrading a woman in any way. I have been so sympathetic and supportive to all organizations, agents and individuals who fight in the course of the dignity and well being of a woman. I believe that what we are witnessing women doing to one another can seriously undermine the battle towards the liberation of women so that they are accorded the right place in society.
To this end I would say this gesture by FRECHIP need to be encouraged and perhaps urge them to be much stronger in dealing with such cases. Let the voiceof FRECHIP be heard all over other than just on Nyasatimes and a few radios. Let the common person in the village hear about this condemnation. can the Political leaders talk about this on the political podiums? Can the president address the nation on this. we know people listen when the president speaks
The manner in which some so called wives conduct themselves in our society, one can never blame the husband’s infidelity.