[Gcap-mujeres] GCAP Kenya

[ana]

Dear friends,
queridas amigas,
I share with you a message sent by one of our GCAP Kenyan colleagues 
informing of an action organised in support of peace in Kenya yesterday.

Amigas, el mensaje que sigue es de un companhero de GCAP Kenya que cuenta 
como organizaron junto con otra organizacion de Kenya, una actividad de 
mujeres levantando un monumento de flores en la esquina de la libertad en 
Nairobi, para sensibilizar sobre la necesidad de superar las divisiones 
partidarias, apoyar los esfuerzos de mediacion de Kofi Anan y trabajar para 
poner fin al conflicto.
Saludos,
Ana


 Dear Collegue, 
> 
> Yesterday, Members GCAP- Kenya and and Save the Elephant- a Kenyan   
> Charity, led women in building a flower monument at Freedom Corner.   
> Women of diverse ethnic backgrounds launched the monument and made   
> a statement saying "NO MORE DEATHS" . Touched by the move, 20 MPs   
> from PNU reacted to media reports and today they placed flowers at   
> the monument. In their statement they echoed the appeal made by the   
> women and expressed support for the Annan initiative and called on   
> the top leaders to put the country first and get above party   
> politics. The MPs took exception with a threat for an imposition of   
> an external solution should Kenya fail tocome up with one. The   
> remark was attributed to a US African Diplomat Dr Jendayi Frazer. 
> 
> With guns on one side and a flower in the other, the police joined   
> in the campaign making a resounding visual statement. Since Jan   
> 31st the police have fired tear gas at anybody who tried to access   
> the park. This is the first time members of public are accessing   
> any area of this public park since then. Peace is coming,   
> democratic space is opening up again. Below are some photos from   
> todays event. 
> 
> NB 
> 
> Freedom corner is a part of Uhuru Park that has been sealed of   
> since violence erapted a month ago. Two decades ago, the section   
> was named freedom corner after a protest led by the Nobel Peace   
> laureate  Prof Wangare Mathai involving mothers of political   
> prisoners in a fasting sit-in at the corner. After some days, the   
> police violently broke up the demonstration and the women stripped   
> naked in protest. 
> -