Cherie Blair (Courtesy)Cherie Blair has been criticized for and reinforcing stereotypes by telling school children during a talk that “most African ladies’ first sexual experience is rape”. “Ms Blair should enable African women to speak for themselves instead of usurping their voice and their experience,” she said. Thanks Cherie Blair and the @CherieBlairFndn for perpetuating the myth that all African men are savages & all African women passive victims. Better clarification needed on #CherieBlairSexual violence against young girls must end.This requires educating all with correct facts. "But the sad truth is that too many young African girls continue to experience sexual assault, become pregnant and in consequence fall out of education.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2019 09:39 UTC