A post I wrote two weeks ago about a ‘minor’ girl who appeared in court and was found guilty of committing abortion after she was coerced into having sex (but not raped) by a married man has sparked some discussion on the Internet.
Arnau Van Wyngaard of the Swaziland Reformed Church, who has more than 20 years experience as a full-time missionary in Swaziland, has a website where he discusses his ideas about contemporary mission.
He picked up my post and started a discussion on his blog Mission Issues about women and AIDS in Swaziland.
If you want to read the comments and join in you can find the discussion here.
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FEW RIGHTS FOR SWAZI WOMEN
Richard, thanks so much for referring to this. As you would have followed, we are, excepting normal church services, primarily involved in the caring for people with HIV and AIDS. This morning we started our seventh project at Nsalitje. Looking at the people who turned up (24 women and 1 man) I was once again brought under the impression of how important it is for women to be respected if we want to see a change in the AIDS rate in the country. By the way, someone else also picked up this story of the girl and wrote an excellent piece on it - fit to be published, I thought. Have a look at http://www.livingmartyrs.com/wordpress/?p=210
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