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International Conference on Bride Price International Conference On Bride Price 16th – 18th February, 2004 Held at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Conference Report Box 274 Tororo, Uganda Email: [email protected] www.mifumi.org - 1 - Contents Acknowledgements Page 4 Conference Report Conference Keynote addresses: Dorothee Hutter Opening Remarks Page 9 Atuki Turner Bride Price Campaign Page 10 Lynda St. Cook Speech from British High Commission Page 17 Hon. Miria R.K. Matembe Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Bride Price Page 18 Dr. Sylvia Tamale Women’s Sexuality as a Site of Control & Resistance: Page 23 Views on the African Context Noerine Kaleeba Multiple Vulnerabilities drawing on statistics from around Page 38 the world on HIV/AIDS Dr. Dan Kaye Bride Price and Health Page 43 Margaret Oguli Oumo Bride Price and violence against Women: the case of Uganda Page 47 Wambui Otieno Mbugua Author of "Mau Mau's daughter - a life history" Page 52 Jane Frances Kuka Gender Violence and Female Genital Mutilation in Uganda Page 56 Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya Analysis of Bride Price from a human rights Perspective Page 59 Conference Papers: Hameed Agberemi Interrogating Hetero-Reality In Muslim Marriage Page 64 From Islamic And Human Rights Perspectives Alupo Josephine Bride Price And Gender Violence Page 94 Magdalene Bukya Bubi Bride Price And Fight Against HIV/AIDS Page 99 Mrs. Emmie Chanika Bride Price: The Case For Malawi Page 101 Alice Dokoria Coalition And Action To Safeguard The Child Page 102 Fr. Deo Eriot Religious And Cultural Perspectives On Bride Price Page 103 Benda Gard N. Bride Price And Domestic Violence Page 106 Renée Jeftha Lobola And Gender Violence Page 115 Asma’u Joda Some Thoughts About Bride Price Page 121 Tinyade Kachika HIV And AIDS: Another Deterrent To ‘Lobola’? Page 132 - 2 - Tinyade Kachika Lobola In Southern Africa: Its Implications On Women’s Page 136 Reproductive Rights Dr. Catherine Keko Psychological Effects And Impact Of Bride Price Page 142 Norah Kwoba Bride Price And Its Impact On STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Page 143 And Protection Eva Luswata-Kawuma Innovations Around The World On Harmful Socio-Cultural Page 147 Practices Julius B. Kapwepwe Bride Price And The Violation Of Women And Children’s Page 161 Mishambi Rights, A Case Of Forced Child Marriage In Kaberamaido Peter Muguma Education And Critical Consciousness On Harmful Page 164 Social-Cultural Practices: Attitudes And Conception Of Phenomena Of Bride Price Among Undergraduate Students In Uganda (Research Based) Veronica Nakijoba Bride Price Or Dowry!! Both Systems Perpetrate Women’s Page 170 Subordination And Should Be Abolished Beverley Nambozo Beyond The Cows-The Real Deal Page 178 Patrick Ndira Bride Price: A Rights Based View Page 182 Ann. W. Njogu Focus On Bride Price And Other Harmful Traditional Practices Page 185 Rogers Nsubuga The Human And Economic Costs Of Bride Price In Buganda Page 192 S.P.O. Oboth The Historical Evolution Of Bride Price Page 195 Richard Nixon Okello Violence And Dehumanization: Implications For Male Patriarchal Page 199 Power In Uganda Mary Okioma Paving The Way For A Killer Page 204 Silvers Kapurie Olowo Ancient And Today's Life In Padhola (Padhola Culture) Page 209 Florence Omara Principles, Values & Norms Of Bride Price, The Lango Concept Page 220 Florence A. Wanga Bride Price And Participation Of The Youth Among Page 222 The Luo In Kenya Appendix 1 Page 225 Workshops Appendix 2 Page 227 Participants List Appendix 3 Page 235 Kampala Declaration on Bride Price Appendix 4 Page 240 Call for papers on Bride Price - 3 - Acknowledgements The first international conference on bride price, held on 16th – 18 th February, 2004 was born out of Mifumi’s work with women to end violence and abuse, an initiative funded by Comic Relief since 1999 and we are therefore indebted to them for the foundation of our work on bride price. Our appreciation goes next to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office for supporting the campaign and referendum (1999 – 2001) and subsequent work since under the project: Strengthening Local Justice for Women through their Human Rights Project Fund and particularly to the British High Commission Officers: Ewan Ormiston, Craig Fulton and Lynda St. Cooke. We thank very much the German Technical Co-operation, GTZ and the Uganda Director Dorothee Hutter for enabling us to open the space for debate with our sisters and brothers across Africa by providing funding for the first international conference on bride price. Special thanks go to Julianne Osterhaus, Project Co-ordinator of the Gender and Law sector program GTZ Germany who worked unceasingly with us for the success of the conference and Dr Rita Schaeffer of Humboldt University for her sound advice throughout the period. She also took some wonderful photos many of which are used in this report. The UK working group were involved in planning and financing the conference, co-ordinating participants, collaboration, debriefing and raising awareness. Many thanks go to Lisa Anderson AMANITARE, Nana Otoo Oyoteh IPPF, Asmau Joda Women Living Under Muslim Laws, Isabel Turner Independent Consultant, Dr Gill Hague Violence Against Women Research Group – University of Bristol, Dr Ravi Thiara Warwick University, Jackie Wacha Alice Labol Foundation, Mary Okoth AFRICARE, Georgina Ashworth OBE CHANGE and Apollo Kakaire Busoga Association UK. Thanks too to Hameed Agberemi for his valuable moral support and academic insight. We are especially grateful to our sister organizations who supported us with financial contributions and advice towards the conference. Thanks go to Christine Achieng and her team at Action Aid Uganda, Dr Nahid and RAINBO, Ziporrah Gathiti of UNFPA and to the rest of the Uganda Working Group including Jackie Asiimwe, UWONET, Alice Emasu NEW VISION, Elizabeth Agiro, MONITOR, Erin Culbertson, PLAN INTERNATIONAL, Fr Deo Eriot, Sharon McGuigan, UNDP, Betty Akullo, CEDOVIP, and women activists from Tororo Catherine Etoori, Anne Mary Obbo, Mrs Yedida Padde and Hedwig Oboth of MIFUMI Management Committee. Our appreciation is also extended to the administration and staff at the Gender Department and Makerere University Guest House for their warmth and hospitality. We would like to thank our sisters and brothers in Tororo for working with us on this important issue, especially Mr S. Oboth the Chief Administration Officer Tororo, for allowing the administration of the referendum to go through, Mr S.K. Olowo, for educating us on the cultural aspects of bride price and the people of Mifumi and Tororo for keeping the campaign alive since then. This conference would not have taken place without the dedication of the Mifumi Project Management and staff. These include Patrick Ndira MIFUMI UK, Evelyn Okoth MIFUMI UK, Dr Anthony Okoth, Hedwig Aboth, Rose Ndekezi, Atuki Turner, Glyn Turner, George Akwoyo, Grace Anguparu, Veronic Apio, Mary Asili, Beatrice Atyang, Agnes Bukare, David Kisolo, Grace Lwanga, Silver Magode, Teddy Nakalembe, Jerome Omondo, Alfred Osama, Charles Osinde and Peter Owori. Producing this report meant many hours of dedicated work and we are grateful to Glyn Turner, Donna Tara Paricia, Evelyn Okoth and Atuki Turner for this. Finally our appreciation goes to the participants who made the conference a lively and productive event and who will enable it to achieve its objectives in years to come. Thank you all. - 4 - Conference Report Background to the Conference MIFUMI has been working to end violence and abuse against women since 1999 and from this work, bride price was indicated as a major contributing factor to domestic violence. Research on the subject highlighted the fact that the debate on bride price and women’s rights was not new (Kalema Report on Marriage and Divorce 1964, FIDA, UNFPA 1996). Women’s World Conferences had flagged up the issue of bride price and dowry as contradictions to women’s equality and development. Bride price was implicit in international conventions and law. In 2000 MIFUMI commissioned a baseline survey on bride price that revealed the practice as being rife with injustices and ripe for reform and hence began our two-year campaign project funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Project Fund. MIFUMI then commissioned papers to examine bride price from a human rights perspective (Kulsum Wakabi: A Briefing Paper on Bride Price, Mifumi 2000), a Bride Price Baseline Survey (Martin Osuna, Mifumi 2001) and a religious perspective (Eriot Deo Fr:, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Bride Price, 2001). The campaign included several consultative workshops and debate forums with traditional leaders, policy makers, and civil society. Drama was also carried out to enact the social issues. The height of MIFUMI’s campaign on bride price occurred on 22nd December 2001, the people of Tororo district in the East of Uganda held a referendum on the reform of bride price, organized by MIFUMI at the end of the two-year campaign. The question was whether bride price should become a non-refundable gift. The referendum was won with 60% in favour of reform. The need for this intervention arose out of our work with women who highlighted the fact that bride price is a major contributing factor to domestic violence and poverty. Planning the Conference The idea to hold an international conference on bride price was conceived in Guadalajara Mexico during the AWID (Association of Women in Development) conference when MIFUMI had opportunity to share their work on bride price with participants from Africa and other parts of the world. MIFUMI was encouraged by colleagues to a forum within Africa to disseminate the work on the campaign and referendum. At first we had hoped that a platform would be sought at a Pan African conference, however Juliane Osterhaus of GTZ who was also present at the conference very kindly agreed to consider an application to provide funding for an international conference on bride price. Once the conference was confirmed UK and Uganda working groups were established.
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