Who is to blame?
For a while now, the UN has always had 16 days of activism to create awareness among people on the dangers of Gender based violence especially against girls and women. At the end of this year’s 16 days of activism, I remembered a conversation that I had with a female friend and felt it’s worth sharing. On a rainy Monday evening I received a call from Charlotte (not real names) requesting to see me the following day, I was surprised with the tone she spoke in and felt a little nervous. On our meeting the conversation started with laughter telling of how we both missed each other and some of the funny old memories we shared. The environment setting changed upon calling my name as she said, “Josh, I want us to date.” I got so confused because this is a young lady who has two children and besides it didn’t seem to add up. It was a shock that kept me asking why “Charlotte the known beautiful slay queen, fun and happy family she seems to have, rich loa...




