Talk:Rebecca Lolosoli

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She was born in 1962 in the village of Wamba. She received a primary education, and was married at the age of 18. Her husband Fabiano David Lolosoli allowed Lolosoli to trade and deal with the issues of rape. This angered the other men in the village - they beat Fabiano, and Rebecca decided to get away from him, so as not to incur the wrath of neighbors. In 1990, she, along with 14 other women founded the Umoja and began to sell food products. In 1992, they switched to selling beads.

In 2009, Rebecca's husband was held at gunpoint by an assailant trying to find his wife, but she was not home.

Lolosoli has been repeatedly elected as chairperson of the village and is also chair of her local chapter of Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO), a nonprofit, voluntary group working to improve the lives of women and youth in Kenya. Lolosoli received the Global Leadership Award from Vital Voices in 2010. She continues to fight for a woman's right to make decisions, own land and run a business, and she works tirelessly to end harmful and unsafe cultural practices and violence against women.

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