ARISE AND SHINE IN RECONCILIATIONJairus Mutebe

COLOSSIANS 1:19-20

• 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,• 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

YEAR 2013

• The year 2013 is for dealing with rebellion, resistance and revolution.• The devil is bent on fueling divisions, disagreements & dissensions.•We must therefore emphasize reconciliation.•Women will play a vital role in dealing with rebellion & facilitating the ministry of reconciliation

YEAR 2013

•Why? • They are vulnerable to sexual violence & neglect during conflicts.•By 1998 there were 20 million refuges in the world. • 80% were women• There are an estimated 35 million refugees in the world by 2010.

DEMOGRAPHY

•Nearly 70% of the world refugees is in Africa & the Middle East.• 43.3 million - Forcibly Displaced People. (FDP)

YEAR 2013

•Most refuge camps were death camps for women.•While all refuges are vulnerable girls & women are more.•During flights they are usually•Physically abused & raped by border guards, the army, bandits & male refuges.

REFUGEES

YEAR 2013

• The facilities in camps are not convenient for women• In camps where men are in charge of food women are blackmailed to get food in exchange for their bodies.•More than 70% of women in police or military custody are sexually abused (Rights of Women p.52)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• Police records show that cases of domestic violence have been on the rise in Uganda: •More than two thirds of Ugandan women experience violence from their partners • 68% were harassed or beaten by their partners in 2006.• This included: beating, pushing, dragging, forced sex, arm twisting, threatening, insulting & choking

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• Rural women suffered more violence than urban women. • Uneducated women suffered more than their educated colleagues. • 7 in 10 women agree that it is justified for women to be beaten by their husbands when they make certain mistakes. • indicating that women in Uganda generally accept violence, since traditionally, a woman must be submissive to her husband.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• The most accepted reasons for wife battery, according to the report, are neglecting children (56%) and going out without informing the husband (52%). • Acceptance of wife beating was found to

be common in the rural areas, while in the urban areas, women were generally against it. • According to sociologists, it begins with

dependence on a man. “When he is the one providing everything, you barely have a say on anything. And a no to anything means a slap, or two,” says Laura Aryijuka, a sociologist & counselor at Kyambogo University

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• demographic survey showed, domestic violence was highest in the Eastern and Central districts of Bugiri, Busia, Iganga, Namutumba, Jinja, Kamuli, Kaliro and Mayuge.• “In such communities, men believe you are not a man, if you don’t beat your woman,” observes Aryijuka

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

•A study conducted by Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) shows that individuals spend about sh15bn annually to pay for health services for treatment of injuries sustained during the fracas. • The information was collected from 217 health care providers across the country

NALONGO FLORENCE NABATEREGGA, 35 - SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

NALONGO FLORENCE NABATEREGGA SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• 22nd February, 2012, Nalongo’s Florence Nabateregga, 35 husband, Bbanda, (drunk) returned home at about 9:00pm. • “As he entered the house, he picked a machete & just started hacking us. •He killed two children on spot and chopped off wife’s hands. •wife admitted in Mityana with one child who’d survived with injuries.

NALONGO FLORENCE NABATEREGGA SUNDAY VISION 9TH SEPT 2012

• They were referred to Mulago, where child died a day after. • in hospital for over two months,”• The dead included one-year old twins, Babirye Nalukwago and Justine Nakato, & four-year old Kigongo Naluwagga.• Bbanda, who had been hiding for two days was also arrested• charged with murder and remanded to Ssaza prison for one year

RECONCILIATION

• Traffickers Sex slaves - 23 year old Ugandan girl.• 2 Samuel 20:16-22•God will raise • people who will deliver heads of rebels to avert calamities – justice.

RECONCILIATION

• Women who will not fold their hands & watch their husbands & children killed because of ambitious and unreasonable men.• Women will be consulted to resolve impossible situations of conflict.

WHAT TO DO - MATTHEW 5:9

• 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.•Peace Making is forging a settlement between people in a dispute•Peace-keeping is keeping people from attacking each other by putting a barrier between them

WHAT TO DO - MATTHEW 5:9

•Peace-building is a long lasting process of normalizing relations between disputing people & reconciling them.