Khadija Ibrahim is the chief of a Muslim herding tribe in Bambari, called the Peuhl. It is extremely rare for a woman to lead the tribe. She said: “Women have so many problems. We were like slaves before. In the past, a husband could beat his wife for anything. Women were suffering alone and always working fetching water, milling manioc, collecting firewood and all the domestic work. We had no right to refuse. But now, since we have met Mercy Corps, we want to change. The main obstacle was our traditions. From our ancestors until the present it has been the same situation. Moreover women were not educated. A girl had to grow up and to marry a husband"
Photograph: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps
The Guardian
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