A group of women in Anambra State on Thursday staged a peaceful protest against the “barbaric” and “unwholesome” practice of forcing widows to drink the water used in washing the corpse of their late husbands.
The protesters made reference to incidents in Atani community in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.
The women rights activists who gathered at the Anambra State Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, the state capital, displayed placards with various messages including “Stop violence against women and girls in Anambra State.”
“Ogbaru men and women, allow our widows some peace,” and “Stop all obnoxious laws and harmful widowhood practices in Anambra State.”
