#16Days reflection: In my 57 years on this Earth, I have never been a victim of #genderbasedviolence . Not physical, sexual or psychological. Not even once. But as the poet, feminist and #civilrights activist Audre Lorde wrote, "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #EndFGM #HearMeToo #OrangeTheWorld #gender #genderjustice …see more