Angela Kpeidja

Angela Kpeidja

WANEL Country Coordinator for Benin

Angela Kpeidja is a Biotech engineer with a passion for both writing and audiovisual production. With over twenty years of experience in journalism, she is currently the head of Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin (ORTB) Web Service. A specialist in health communication, she holds a Degree in Health Communication and a master’s in media management. Beautiful and known for her honesty,

Angela marked National and International Opinion Day on 1st May, 2020 by condemning sexual and psychological assault she experienced at her workplace. In this touching testimony, which she believes posterity will judge. Angela recounts the moral suasion and other sexual assault she was subjected to during her academic and professional career. From Collège Polytechnique Universitaire (CPU) of University of Abomey-Calavi to ORTB, through medical centre, she recounts all the difficulties encountered with some dishonest men.

This book, her very first, serves as a compass for battered women seeking comfort in a society that prefers to blame the victim rather than the perpetrator. Having broken the silence on this phenomenon in public, her courage must inspire future generations. As a fighter, she is now into social work and president of the NGO “N’aie pas peur”.

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