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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Calls for the reform of Morocco’s penal code were sparked over the weekend as news spread of a teenage girl who had committed suicide after being compelled to marry her rapist.
In Morocco, a rapist can “opt out” of a prison term by marrying his victim, so long as the victim and their family agree. Despite this clause, many say victims are often strong-armed into marriages they want no part of.
16-year-old Amina Filali’s father, Lahcen, blamed the marriage on pressure from the courts. “The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry,” he told the online news site goud.ma. “He said: ‘Go and make the marriage contract’.”
According to Amina’s mother, the girl complained on more than one occasion that her husband/rapist was beating her, but was advised to be patient. On Saturday, Amina could no longer take the abuse, and made the decision to end her own life by swallowing rat poison.
Moroccan woman, galvanized by Amina’s tragic death, have taken to the streets and launched petitions to demand that criminal law be changed to make it explicit that rapists cannot be allowed to marry their victims.
Moroccan law is known for being relatively female-friendly, compared with the rest of North Africa. Despite this, nearly two-third of all Moroccan women experience violence in their lifetimes, and many attorneys are ignorant of recent pro-women reforms, such as the raising of the marriage age from 15 to 18.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Calls for the reform of Morocco’s penal code were sparked over the weekend as news spread of a teenage girl who had committed suicide after being compelled to marry her rapist.
In Morocco, a rapist can “opt out” of a prison term by marrying his victim, so long as the victim and their family agree. Despite this clause, many say victims are often strong-armed into marriages they want no part of.
16-year-old Amina Filali’s father, Lahcen, blamed the marriage on pressure from the courts. “The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry,” he told the online news site goud.ma. “He said: ‘Go and make the marriage contract’.”
According to Amina’s mother, the girl complained on more than one occasion that her husband/rapist was beating her, but was advised to be patient. On Saturday, Amina could no longer take the abuse, and made the decision to end her own life by swallowing rat poison.
Moroccan woman, galvanized by Amina’s tragic death, have taken to the streets and launched petitions to demand that criminal law be changed to make it explicit that rapists cannot be allowed to marry their victims.
Moroccan law is known for being relatively female-friendly, compared with the rest of North Africa. Despite this, nearly two-third of all Moroccan women experience violence in their lifetimes, and many attorneys are ignorant of recent pro-women reforms, such as the raising of the marriage age from 15 to 18.
A poem for a friend.
Senseless fits of rage and ire
Sparks the flame of pure desire
Jealous notes and hushed confession
hide tears of sorrow, hate, aggression
Distance masks loves doomed blossom
You’re better darling, do it, toss him
Dear Zachary, Documentary.
Today I watched the most, heart warming, infuriating, nauseating and saddest documentary movie I have ever seen. I bawled like a baby over the real events and the struggle that this family went through depicted in this documentary. I won’t spoil it, but I must say, if you have Netflix, and even if you don’t, you must watch “Dear Zachary” to enlighten you and to motivate you about real events that happen in life, and the things we can do to prevent them as people.
Artist: The Bravery
Album: Stir The Blood
Track: Red Hands And White Knuckles
"The streets just aren’t safe anymore Violet, I see a hot chick, go up to her and naturally try to make the moves to figure out after my advances worked that SHE was actually a HE. I should just give up and order a woman off the internet like every other man these days."
“A woman’s dress should be like a barbedwire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.”
Sophia Loren
(Source: eyesarethewindowofthesoul)
