{"id":4565,"date":"2021-08-03T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:40:54","slug":"miriam-helped-me-find-strength-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/stories\/miriam-helped-me-find-strength-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"MIRIAM helped me find the strength in myself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92f16597 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">MIRIAM helped me find the strength in myself<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-normal-font-size is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-fa7dab4be3bbf058023c896d023e2439 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-dark-green-color has-normal-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2021-08-03T12:02:00+02:00\">03.08.2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors is-layout-flow wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors__prefix\">By <\/span><div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthor\"><p class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-name\">Rikke Hovn Poulsen<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer was sexually abused and got pregnant as a teenager. She was very close to giving up on life before it really started. But a local women&#8217;s group helped her out on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A strong soul<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer doesn&#8217;t lower her gaze a single time as she speaks. She wants to tell the whole world about what she has experienced, because she hopes that she can help others this way. But for the sake of her six-year-old daughter, she would rather not have her picture shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/jeg-var-kun-et-barn-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/jeg-var-kun-et-barn-01.jpg 730w, https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/jeg-var-kun-et-barn-01-570x407.jpg 570w, https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/jeg-var-kun-et-barn-01-488x348.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>My daughter is the result of a sexual abuse that started when I was 13 years old. It was a very difficult time for me. But I have moved on, and we are both in a good place today. We have a good future ahead of us.<\/p>\n<cite>Jennifer<br>21, Guatemala<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In many ways, 21-year-old Jennifer&#8217;s story is a typical story of a young indigenous girl in Guatemala, where poverty, violence and teenage pregnancies are part of everyday life. But it is also the story about how things can change. And about how a helping hand can mean the whole difference between victim and survivor \u2013 so that today, Jennifer has taken fate in her own hand and is in the process of creating a better future for herself and everyone around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hiding the belly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer is only eight years old when she loses her mother. The parents are divorced, and since her father is an alcoholic, it is decided that she will go live with her older sister\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was okay for the first 4-5 years; I played football and made trouble. But when I was 13 years old, my sister&#8217;s husband started abusing me. I was only a kid, so I had no idea what was happening. I didn\u2019t even understand what was happening to my body when my period stopped. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Jennifer is five months pregnant, a group of educators from the local health clinic visit her school. They talk about how to get pregnant and what the signs are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Then it hit me: &#8216;Oh no, that&#8217;s what is happening to me! What am I going to do?&#8217;. I was desperate; I knew I couldn&#8217;t tell my sister, so I considered jumping off a bridge. But something inside me was afraid of hurting the child &#8211; what if it died and I didn&#8217;t die myself?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, the 14-year-old girl clings to an irrational hope that no one will discover anything, if only she pretends nothing is going on. She continues to play football and hides her belly as best she can. She is eight months pregnant before the sister finds out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I did not say who the father was. But still, my sister didn&#8217;t want anyone to know I was pregnant, so I stayed home from school. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 days before her 15th birthday, Jennifer gives birth to her daughter. But of course it is impossible to hide that something is wrong. People are gossiping in the community. And after a short while, the local authorities turn up in the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In 2018, Guatemala registered:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10,811 cases of sexual violence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>116,773 pregnancies among girls aged 10-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>417 murders of children and adolescents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You ruined my life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, Jennifer refuses to tell how she got pregnant. But the police officers put pressure on her, and eventually the truth emerges. It&#8217;s a shock to everyone &#8211; not least to the sister who reacts with anger and distrust to Jennifer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;She said I had ruined her and her children&#8217;s lives. That I lied and that it was all my fault. And she would never see me again. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first months of the baby&#8217;s life, Jennifer stays at a shelter while the trial is on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was very difficult for me &#8211; I was all alone and I knew nothing about caring for a baby. Most of all I just wanted to leave the shelter, but I had nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sister&#8217;s husband flees to the United States, as it is clear that he will be held be responsible for his actions. He is sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison. And after a year, he is caught and sent home to serve his sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf course, it is important to me that he be punished. It gives me a sense of justice. But it gives me no pleasure, because it does not repair the pain and all that he has ruined for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the trial, Jennifer is sent to live at her father\u2019s house. But in addition to being an alcoholic, he is also violent. Jennifer is scared of him, and eventually she moves to &nbsp;live with another sister, who lets her stay until she turns 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to my sister &#8211; she has four children herself, life it has not been easy for her. She helped me through. But it was very hard for me to be responsible for a little baby when I was not much more than a child myself. It was difficult financially, and then there was the uncertainty &#8211; I had no idea what was going to become of me, because I didn&#8217;t really feel I had any options. And on top of that, I was burdened with a great shame because of all that had happened. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the problems, Jennifer insists on staying in school. And that is where she gets the push to change her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A small revolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Jennifer&#8217;s teachers works with a local women&#8217;s group named Miriam, who, together with Oxfam&nbsp;Denmark, supports young women who have been subjected to violence. Here, they receive both psychological and financial support to complete their education &#8211; and they become part of a special education course on women&#8217;s rights and feminist values. In short, the young women learn to take leadership in their own lives, and they commit to bringing the tools and the new knowledge home and sharing it with others in the local community. In this way, Miriam hopes to create a small revolution among girls and women in Guatemala, so that violence and oppression in the future are not just part of everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer&#8217;s teacher can refer a few girls to Miriam each semester. And it is obvious that Jennifer needs help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Miriam, I found the support I needed. They have helped me financially so that I can pay my school fees, which is of course a huge relief. But just as important, they have helped me through a healing process where I have learned to see the strength in myself and the good things in life. I have forgiven myself and let go of all the guilt and shame I was carrying around. If it wasn&#8217;t for Miriam, I honestly don&#8217;t know how I should have coped with my baby. They has given me the feeling that I can handle this &#8211; that I&#8217;ll be okay again! &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years ago, Jennifer reconciled with the sister whose husband abused her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe&#8217;s still upset, and I can easily understand her &#8211; it was her children&#8217;s father who raped me, and it&#8217;s been difficult for the whole family. But we&#8217;ve talked things through. Our relationship will always be complicated, but we are sisters after all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer is proud of her life today. She lives with her daughter in a one-bedroom cement house with a tin roof. But she manages, has a job in a factory and studies law at the university in the evenings and weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI know I&#8217;ll definately get my exam. In the meantime, I am able to raise my daughter in a good way. I tell her every day that she should stay in school. I can&#8217;t give her a lot of dollars, but I can give her a future!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Jennifer finishes law school in three years, she hopes to get a good job in the justice system. Many people in her community are dreaming of going to the United States and to make big money &#8211; but that&#8217;s not what she&#8217;s looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a mission: I want to help others who are having a hard time, just like myself. That is why I want to be a lawyer. Maybe sometime in the future I will travel and help people elsewhere. But right now, Guatemala needs women like me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FLOW &#8211; for the fight against violence against women<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>&nbsp;A major program to fight violence against women in Liberia, Guatemala and Burundi &#8211; three countries that are struggling in various ways with the aftermath of violent conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HOW:&nbsp;<\/strong>We support local and national organizations that are fighting violence and discrimination &#8211; and work for women&#8217;s political influence in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHO:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Dutch Foreign Ministry supports FLOW with DKK 80 million. Oxfam&nbsp;Denmark manages the program in collaboration with the Dutch NGO Impunity Watch &#8211; and a large number of local and national partners are working it to create the greatest possible change in their own countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-color has-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-895118d3bc81b16769e61212da098785 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1bbc91f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:5vh;padding-right:5vw;padding-bottom:5vh;padding-left:5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f36bc466 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Til kamp mod vold mod kvinder<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-has-large-bullet grid\">\n<li>The collaboration with Miriam is part of a programme aimed at supporting women\u2019s rights and combating violence and abuse against women in Liberia, Guatemala, and Burundi \u2014 three countries that have all emerged from violent conflicts in recent years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We support local and national organisations that fight against violence and discrimination and work to strengthen women\u2019s political influence in society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports the programme with DKK 80 million. Oxfam Denmark manages the programme in collaboration with the NGO Impunity Watch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A wide range of local and national partners implement the project to create the greatest possible change in their country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-has-slider news has-beige-light-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db94192d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:8vh;padding-right:5vw;padding-bottom:8vh;padding-left:5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2ddabd6577ba5e4065707ffbd0ead7e\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">Read more about gender based violence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2201 projekter type-projekter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-eu category-projects tag-eu tag-gender-based-violence tag-ghana tag-liberia tag-mali tag-womens-rights\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfam.symbiotisk.net\/en\/projects\/enough-eu\/\"    class=\"wp-block-tiptip-hyperlink-group-block\" >\n<article class=\"wp-block-group story is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-tiny-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b371d99e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9611b726d7c2c0ba90f7a0566c1364d6\">Porject<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>|<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-tiny-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-07-07T19:08:00+02:00\">07.07.2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\">Enough!<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Violence is faced by women and girls across the world every day. 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