Batwa women report sexual advances in Ruyigi
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Iwacu Burundi
Batwa women in Rwamvura, in Burundi’s Ruyigi commune, are reporting sexual advances based on a belief that they can cure back pain. Several witnesses, including Jeanne Nsengiyumva and Daphrose Nizigamana, are calling for the stereotype to be abandoned, Iwacu Burundi reports.
Batwa women from Rwamvura hill, in the Kigamba area of Ruyigi commune, are reporting sexual advances based on the belief that they can cure back pain, Iwacu Burundi reports.
M.B., a member of the Batwa community, rejects this stereotype and urges the men spreading it to abandon it. She says sick people should seek treatment from a doctor and that Batwa women do not have any medicine capable of curing illnesses, according to Iwacu Burundi.
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