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16 women tell 16 life stories

New World Foundation interviewed 16 women from the community. They shared their powerful life stories with us, which we then published in a booklet for the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and Children campaign 2011. (read the stories below)

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16 women tell 16 life stories

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Foreword - “Healing through story telling” by Kimindri Pillay

1. Bernie Peters - ‘He hit me where nobody would see the marks”
2. Tiffany Joseph - “I was seen as the only one that survived”
3. Aysha Davids - “It’s time for us to get into the driver’s seat”
4. Sharon Dareis - “It doesn’t mean that they have to stay”
5. Naema Moses - “Children believe this is the way life should be”
6. Mary Bam - “When I help someone, I forget about my own pain”
7. Norma Oliver - “It was only the women on the trains”
8. Veronica Kroukamp - “They shot him in front of his gate”
9. Anonymous - “You have to concentrate on the perpetrator too”
10. Anna Baron - “They promise takkies and Billabong t-shirts”
11. Anonymous - “I’m not that kind of person”
12. Karen Doralingo - “My husband gives me hope”
13. Mavis Koopman - “The words hurt the most”
14. Anonymous - “I always thought I’m a nothing”
15. Katy Spendel - “I question the Lord so many times”
16. Anonymous - “Now I’m sleeping on the floor”