Manila, Sept 19 Women in a village in the Philippines are being hailed as the heroines after they successfully brought peace to their community. Wives of feuding men in Dado village which is located near the troubled island of Mindanao used sex as the means to get their husbands back on the peace track.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced on Friday that the women embarked on sex strike to demand peace in the community. The strike started last July and the UNHCR says some peace has returned to the land and the community has started making some progress.
The global agency has denied any involvement in the decision of the women stating that the women came up with the idea on their own.
The National Officer of the UNHCR in the Philippines, Rico Salcedo told the AFP that, “The area is in a town which is subject to conflict, family feuds, land disputes. The idea came personally from the women.”
It is believed that a group of women engaged in sewing came up with the idea because it was hampering their business. One woman who took part in the strike narrated that she warned her husband that if he ever gets to the war front, he wouldn’t be accepted back in the house and it worked.
In 2009, a similar move by Kenyan women resulted in the end of the political standoff in the country.
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