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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - He was speaking at a conference about sexual health — a meeting convened in part to help reduce the alarming number of rapes in Kenya. But the priest wasn't crusading. He was trying to entertain.
Rev. Dominic Wamugunda, who is also dean of students at the University of Nairobi, tried to lighten his talk on "Sexuality, Culture and Religion" with a joke — about rape. And the way it was received, and the fact that he could even tell it among a group of feminists from across Africa, offers a window onto the challenges faced by activists trying to reduce violence against women in Kenya.
"When high-up men make statements that rape is a joke, it tells you that there is a lot of political work to be done," said Patricia McFadden, a sociologist based in Zimbabwe who attended this week's three-day conference in Nairobi.
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