4th February 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Carol Kasujja<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mifumi, a Tororo-based Non-Governmental Organisation, fighting for women and children\u2019s rights, has proposed that the term \u2018bride price\u2019 be changed to \u2018bride gift\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Atuki Turner, the Mifumi executive director, said changing the name would make the bride gift optional and not commercial as it is today. \u201cThis will help reduce domestic violence by men who think they bought their wives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turner made the remarks during the launch of a 45-minute documentary in which women shared their heart-rending stories on domestic violence resulting from bride price at Kololo in Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The film also included men who went back to the women\u2019s parents\u2019 asking for a refund of bride price for wives who had ran away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn 1999, we carried out a study in different parts of the country and found that 60% of married women believed bride price had contributed to domestic violence. They all agreed that it should be reformed. That is why as Mifumi, we are strongly saying it should be called bride gift,\u201d observed Turner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After viewing the documentary, speaker after speaker lambasted bride price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf we want to get rid of problems in marriage, we should do away with bride price because it is the primary cause of violence against women. The payment of bride price makes men treat their women as possessions, which creates conditions of inequality. But since some people want it to stay, we should call it bride gift. A girl child needs to be respected and valued, not sold,\u201d said Naava Nabagesera, a presidential advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former ethics and integrity minister Miria Matembe said bride price portrays women as commodities, fuelling their degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tororo district LC5 chairperson Emmanuel Osuna said bride price subjected women to slavery and servitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt makes it impossible for a woman to move out of an abusive marriage, long after it has irretrievably broken down. Bride price no longer serves any useful purpose in society,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4th February 2013 By Carol Kasujja Mifumi, a Tororo-based Non-Governmental Organisation, fighting for women and children\u2019s rights, has proposed that the term \u2018bride price\u2019 be changed to \u2018bride gift\u2019. Atuki Turner, the Mifumi executive director, said changing the name would make the bride gift optional and not commercial as it is today. \u201cThis will help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atukiturner.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}