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Domestic Violence in Africa
Topic: Domestic Violence against women in Africa
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to be aware of the prevalence of domestic violence against women in Africa.
Thesis: Even though some countries in Africa have taken steps to address the issue of domestic violence against women, more needs to be done.
Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

I. Attention Getter- I am a young woman from Ghana, a country in the west of Africa. I am privileged to be the daughter of a women’s and human rights advocate. Therefore, I am confident enough to say that I have first-hand information about cases of abuse from victims who seek for help from my mother’s organization. Her organization deals with abused women and children in Ghana. Even though I have never been a victim of violence, I know a lot of girls and women who have faced all sorts of violence from the work my mother does. My mother encourages us, my siblings and me to interact with her clients day in and day out. I one day hope to branch into the field of women’s empowerment, in the hope of encouraging women to stand up for their rights just like my mother. I will go on to tell the of a girl I know. In 2009, I made friends with a girl named Celestina. She came to my house crying one Sunday afternoon. She said she found her way to the house after hearing about my mother’s organization. Her story was that, she was raped by her uncle with whom she lived with. My mother counseled her and comforted her till she stopped crying. A room in the back house was prepared for her to sleep. It is not advisable for my mother to tell us about the story of the victim but it was okay for the victim to share her story with whoever. That night, I went to keep her company for a while. She begun by saying that she was taken up by her uncle when her mother died and her father abandoned her. Celestina told me about how her uncle used to beat her up and fondle her each and every time he got back from work. He would put



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