When Jurisdiction Intersects...

In the small South African town of Ulundi, falls under the jurisdiction of the Progressive South African Constitution and the Customary law. Under the Constitution, women are seen as equals to men. However, the old rooted Customary Law states that women can be property of men. Males are seen as the dominate sex, and women are subjected to rape, forced marriages, and much more. Women unfortunately have to rely on men for every day survival needs. Women are now demanding just the basic human rights of safety. South Africa: Law of the Land and the article to the left only briefly cover this horrific way of life.


What will it take to make a change in life for these women? It's so hard to believe that just an ocean away there are women that fear the walk to the bathroom, that are denied rights to education, and are forced to live under a law that suppresses them. Although here in America we have our own issues with poverty and sexual abuse crimes, women are at least seen as more then property to men in the eyes of the law. Women here in America are not denied the right to walk into a court room and press charges against a man that did them wrong. So unbelievable but so true.