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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi

‘Sexual abuse is normalised’: Uganda struggles with #MeToo

A demonstration of women with placards referencing the Samantha Mwesigye case
A protest in support of Samantha Mwesigye. Her complaint has become a Ugandan test case. Photograph: Women Human Rights Defenders Network

In September 2018, a Ugandan lawyer, Samantha Mwesigye, filed a sexual harassment complaint against her boss at the Ministry of Justice. She says she hoped it would end a cycle of unwanted sexual advances and workplace retaliation.

It was a year after the #MeToo movement had taken off, with women around the world increasingly prepared to hold powerful men to account for sexual harassment and abuse.

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