The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya's Women-Only Village

Subscribe Now: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-BROADLYWhere the foothills of Mount Kenya merge into the desert, the people of Samburu have maintained a strict patriarchy for over 500 years in northern Kenya. That is, until 25 years ago, when Rebecca Lolosoli founded Umoja village as a safe haven for the region's women. Umoja, which means "unity" in Swahili, is quite literally a no man's land, and the matriarchal refuge is now home to the Samburu women who no longer want to suffer abuses, like genital mutilation and forced marriages, at the hands of men.Throughout the years, it has also empowered other women in the districts surrounding Samburu to start their own men-excluding villages. Broadly visited Umoja and the villages it inspired to meet with the women who were fed up with living in a violent patriarchy.WATCH NEXT: Egg Freezing, Career Women, & the Future of Fertility - http://bit.ly/1MNUnhaThe Abortion Pill - http://bit.ly/1DwQQSoSearching for the Last Lesbian Bars in America - http://bit.ly/1J86cdeKate Nash on Feminism & the Female Wayne's World: http://bit.ly/1JakrjVWho's Afraid of Vagina Art? http://bit.ly/1NqxK2MSpain's Sex Supermarket - http://bit.ly/1JcCyccThe Power Suit: http://bit.ly/1Mf8kpwRose McGowan on Sexism in Hollywood: http://bit.ly/1DvzkhPVirginie Despentes on Killing Rapists: http://bit.ly/1DCDOmGCome find us:Broadly | https://broadly.vice.comFacebook | https://www.facebook.com/BroadlyTVTwitter | https://twitter.com/broadlyTumblr | http://broadlytv.tumblr.comInstagram | https://instagram.com/broadlyPinterest | https://www.pinterest.com/broadlytvNewsletter | http://bit.ly/1JKF1oA