It was so easy to say, "Don't be silent" on social media. My sister would always join such events immediately. Then she would step outside and walk past a woman with a bruised face. The system didn't change just by writing "Don't be silent" there or by telling a woman who had experienced violence to go and complain. Women could only change the system by raising their children with the right values. Educated young people could collectively change the system wherever they were.
Even in this village, changes had occurred. For example, the bride price had almost been abolished. Divorce existed, some preferred divorce over taking a second wife, but the results were still not good for women. It wasn't well-regarded for men either, but they were slowly starting to accept it. They would marry th
