“I was a little girl taking care of other kids” – After violence and neglect, women in Morocco find space to heal

RABAT, Morocco –“I had always felt lonely. All doors were closed.” For 25 years, Alkabira* suffered her husband’s physical and verbal abuse in silence. “Broken...that’s how I felt.”She had long contemplated ending her violent marriage, but her family opposed divorce. It would bring them shame, she knew.What devastated Alkabira most of all was the impact the marriage had on her children.  “My husband never wished to provide for the family,” she told UNFPA. “My son and daughter had to drop out of school when they were young to help me provide.”
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news