Legal Marriage for Women in Rwanda

The article talks about the women of Rwanda are speaking out for their legal marriage rights. The impoverished, socially exclude women of Rwanda are not given their legal marriage rights in which grant them economic security, family stability and community status. Most of these women have been married to their “husbands” for years and have children. Being married ensures these women domestic protection, the right to own property, and they achieve marriage status. Without that title many women are prone to be known has concubines or mistresses. Many men usually refuse marry women legally as a resistance to deny women their freedom.

Interestingly enough this is similar to the situation of the acceptance of bi racial marriages in the 50s and 60s, and the acceptance of gay marriage now in the U.S. In America during the 50s and 60s there was controversy involving the case of a black female and white\ male wanting to marry legally. This was during the times of Jim Crow and it was unheard of for a black female and white male to marry, yet marry legally. One night while the couple was asleep the raided their house and cuffed and arrested the white male husband and took him to jail, eventually bi radial marriages became legal in America but it took work ad time. Some of the sane issues can be seen with the “legalize gay marriage movement”. Like the issue with legalizing bi racial marriages, the legalization of gay marriages in America has had its twists and turns. In many states of the U.S many gays are not allowed to marry, because they are gay.

Like the impoverished women in Rwanda, black women of the 50s and 60s, and, and gay and lesbian communities now the common issue here is discrimination and the unequal treatment and an inadequate form of social, civil, and gay rights.

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