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So last week a university student went to the Post Office. The man working there told her to come back later because her parcel wasn't there. She came back later and she was kidnapped, raped and killed and he dumped her body on the outskirts of the city.
Her skirt wasn't short
she wasn't being a smart ass
she simply went to get a parcel and instead was raped and killed. While this happened a 5 year old girl was kidnapped out of her mothers arms. Another girl was raped and killed and her body cut up in pieces.
It literally feels like im living in the Handmaid Tale because despite all of this happening in the span of a few days the president of my country has not addressed anything yet ironically enough he made a speech in earlier in August about he will do everything in his power to end the rape and killing of women and children.
When I woke up this morning the first thing i get on my notifications are the president and his ministers are making a national statement about this is a dark time for us but we can overcome it .
This is the problem
the people in charge are just talking
they give a great speech about protecting the women of this country but there are no actions
A girl , earlier in the year , was raped. She went to the police, his DNA still on her body, she gave the name and where he lives to the police. The police looked at het skirt and told her to go home.
Women are not safe from bars, restaurants, schools, churches, even our homes and now a fucking Post Office
women's safety has become a luxury and the question, as women we're left asking with is Am I next.