International Women’s Day

We wish everyone a happy International Women’s Day. Every International Women’s Day is an opportunity for us to reflect on how far we have come to elevating the status of women worldwide. It is a celebratory moment yet also a solemn one. At Munyal Home, we want to recognize an issue that is near to our heart—domestic violence against women. In 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing incidents of women being murdered by their husbands struck a chord with us. The issue was driven home to us given the high incidence of wife murder in the Guinean community.

Between 2018 to 2022 several high profile cases of wife murder shocked Guinean communities around the world:

Mariama Kallo—2018, Paris

Oumou Tabara Diallo—2018, Brussels

Aicha Toure—2018, Conakry

Fatoumata Tounkara—Conakry

Aissata Traore—2019, Conakry

Aissatou Billguissa Balde—2020, Paris

Fatoumata Diallo—2021, Ohio

These tragedies prompted our founder, Habiba, to launch a campaign titled, #IAmAissa, #NoToWifeMurder, on her personal platforms to draw attention to the ongoing problem of violence against women in the Guinean community and in the wider world.

This International Women’s Day, we would like to honour the memories of all women slain at the hands of their husbands who were supposed to love them.

As such, we would like to offer quick tips on maintaining your balance in time of so much violence against women—click here for the blog post.

Tips to Maintain Your Balance in a Time of Violence Against Women

5 Tips to Maintain Your Mental Balance

1. Engage carefully with content around violence against women. Know your limits.

2. Practice balancing rituals: Light candles and burn incense. Relax with our throw pillows. Take an Epsom salt bath.

3. Eliminate negative content: Avoid music, movies, or TV series that are violent or objectifying of women.

4. Check your mind: Remember everything is mental. The brain is probably our most powerful organ. Ensure that your mind is in balance by practicing mindfulness, meditation, and prayer. Get rid of distractions. Quiet and eliminate anything that drains your mental and emotional energy.

5. Hold positive conversations around love, family, and relationships. Many examples of successful marriages, loving husbands, and balanced families exist—let’s not lose sight of this amid the considerable violence against women.

If we all commit to balance as individuals, we can create balanced homes and, ultimately, thriving homes.