{"id":76444,"date":"2023-01-24T22:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/01\/24\/rwanda-salima-mukansanga-victim-of-sexual-harassment\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T22:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:29:01","slug":"rwanda-salima-mukansanga-victim-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/01\/24\/rwanda-salima-mukansanga-victim-of-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: Salima Mukansanga victim of sexual harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times\">Salima Mukansanga was the referee for one of her worst matches on Saturday 22 January.  The match between Kiyovu Sport &#038; Gasogi United was officiated by Salima Mukansanga, who was subject to sexist abuses from the fans.<em>Match reports show that she was insulted<\/em>&#8220;Said a spokesperson for The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FERWAFA\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa)<\/a>at <em>BBC Sport Africa<\/em>.  Some supporters even went too far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times\">People who were there told us about the experience. <em>BBC<\/em>A group of Kiyovu Sport supporters repeatedly chanted Salima Mutsanga a, calling her a <em>&#8220;prostitute&#8221;<\/em>.  &#8220;<em>Security personnel had the responsibility of intervening to stop some of the attackers from attacking him after the match.<\/em>Jules Karangwa of Ferwafa revealed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times\"><strong>CAN 2021: pioneers Salima Mukansanga and Bouchera Karboubi confide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".pa043qx2ra.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-63cfba2a267de80d2199ee18.0.6.0.0:$post_5\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times\">This case will not be ignored.  The Rwanda Football Federation has opened an inquiry into harassment and attempted assassinations by supporters of the local football league against it.  The authority states that the disciplinary panel will take action.  Hemedi Minani, Kiyovu Sport&#8217;s fan president, sent a condemnation. <em>&#8220;Harassment&#8221; and &#8220;insults&#8221;<\/em>&#8220;Against Salima Mukansanga, and she has since apologized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times\">Salima Mukansanga has been a major figure in African arbitration.  The Rwandan woman is the first to officiate an African Cup of Nations match.  She was also part a female referee team for the 2022 World Cup Qatar.  This was the first time this competition has ever been held.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This article appeared first on Sport News Africa.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportnewsafrica.com\/news-football\/rwanda-salima-mukansanga-victime-de-harcelement-sexuel\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rwanda-salima-mukansanga-victime-de-harcelement-sexuel\">sportnewsafrica<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salima Mukansanga was the referee for one of her worst matches on Saturday 22 January. The match between Kiyovu Sport &#038; Gasogi United was officiated by Salima Mukansanga, who was subject to sexist abuses from the fans.Match reports show that she was insulted&#8220;Said a spokesperson for The Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa)at BBC Sport Africa. 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