International Women's day!

For the first time in my life I actually celebrated March 8th properly. I attended two meetings and held a speech at one of them! The first meeting was held at school and was for the girls in class 6, 7 and 8. That was the one I spoke at. Shouldn't really brag too much about that, wasn't excactly a speech to remember, but I did it! The second one was for all the women in the village, and many men attended also. Quite ironic, however, that all the speakers at the women's meeting were men. And when half the crowd was asked to leave their seats in order to give room for some visitors (also men!), only women were asked to go and sit on the grass. The men remained in their seats. Didn't take any pictures yesterday, so you just have to imagine the scenery. In Norway, women fight for equal rights for equal work. In Kenya, their main concern is the many rapes that happen to girls and women each year. Since 1997, more than 20000 rapes have been reported in Kenya. And as a nespaper states, "that is just the tip of the iceberg". The good thing is, that there is a lot of talk about it, and even in my school the girls are taught what to do and where to go if they are raped. The horrible thing is that to them, being raped is much more likely to happen than to girls in Norway.