Vagina Monologues in Uganda - Part II
I would have been naive to expect this issue to be over already:
"Buturo opposes ‘Vagina Monologues’
The Government intends to stop the play titled ‘Vagina Monologues’, which is slated for February 19, at the Ndere Cultural Centre at Kisaasi in Kampala. Information state minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo yesterday said he was meeting some ministers over the play and they would jointly write to the organisers not to stage it. “It seems there are some people who are determined to re-direct our country and it is unfortunate,” Buturo said. Over 20 Ugandan women are to take part in the play, said Kenyan director Mumbi Kaigwa, who recently directed it in Kenya. The play, organised by a coalition of four NGOs, is aimed at raising funds for the war-torn north, said the organisers. Media reports said the organisers include, Akina Mama wa Africa, Action Aid International uganda, ISSIS Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Uganda Women’s Network. The play was written in 1998 by a self-acclaimed feminist, Eve Ensler, as a campaign to stop violence against women. She wrote it after she talked with different women about their lives, including sex, orgasms, birth, menstrual periods, rape and vaginas. When the play was first staged in Kenya in 2001, it also caused shock in society, Musarait Kashmiri who is in charge of the publicity for the Kampala performance, said."
By Anne Mugisa and Fred Ouma
Published on: Tuesday, 8th February, 2005
SOURCE: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?newsCategoryId=13&newsId=416847
"Buturo opposes ‘Vagina Monologues’
The Government intends to stop the play titled ‘Vagina Monologues’, which is slated for February 19, at the Ndere Cultural Centre at Kisaasi in Kampala. Information state minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo yesterday said he was meeting some ministers over the play and they would jointly write to the organisers not to stage it. “It seems there are some people who are determined to re-direct our country and it is unfortunate,” Buturo said. Over 20 Ugandan women are to take part in the play, said Kenyan director Mumbi Kaigwa, who recently directed it in Kenya. The play, organised by a coalition of four NGOs, is aimed at raising funds for the war-torn north, said the organisers. Media reports said the organisers include, Akina Mama wa Africa, Action Aid International uganda, ISSIS Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Uganda Women’s Network. The play was written in 1998 by a self-acclaimed feminist, Eve Ensler, as a campaign to stop violence against women. She wrote it after she talked with different women about their lives, including sex, orgasms, birth, menstrual periods, rape and vaginas. When the play was first staged in Kenya in 2001, it also caused shock in society, Musarait Kashmiri who is in charge of the publicity for the Kampala performance, said."
By Anne Mugisa and Fred Ouma
Published on: Tuesday, 8th February, 2005
SOURCE: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?newsCategoryId=13&newsId=416847
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