Women in the civil rights group "Let's Save Togo" said they will have a week long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe.
The plan for women to withhold sex from their husbands for a week will start Monday, said Isabelle Ameganvi , leader of the group's women's wing. She said the strike will urge Togo's men to take action against Gnassingbe.
Ameganvi, a lawyer, told the Associated Press that her group is following the example of Liberia's women who used a sex strike in 2003 to campaign for peace.
"We have many means to oblige men to understand what women want in Togo," said Ameganvi.
Read more at Magic Valley Times News, published 26 August 2012.
Women in the civil rights group "Let's Save Togo" said they will have a week long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe.
The plan for women to withhold sex from their husbands for a week will start Monday, said Isabelle Ameganvi , leader of the group's women's wing. She said the strike will urge Togo's men to take action against Gnassingbe.
Ameganvi, a lawyer, told the Associated Press that her group is following the example of Liberia's women who used a sex strike in 2003 to campaign for peace.
"We have many means to oblige men to understand what women want in Togo," said Ameganvi.
Read more at Magic Valley Times News, published 26 August 2012.