Case Study: Hanifa Namazzi
Hanifa Namazzi is an 80 year-old widow and charcoal vendor who grew up in a polygamous family of 15 people. Her father had 3 wives and the female children were not considered worthy of school fees. Hanifa never received an education and was married as a child at 13 years old. Her husband also was uneducated and they struggled to provide for their family. She now lives with her daughter and two grandchildren in Gogonya, a village in the Wakiso District of Uganda. She is the on