Justice or peace? Ordinarily, the statement that uses these two words is “no justice, no peace”. A statement usually used in protests. Where the protestors say the statement in reference to the fact that without justice, there will be no peace.

However, what I want to speak about is the fact that women at times have to choose between justice and peace. I say this because of the weight that comes with seeking justice – so much so that they would rather choose to not pursue their gender-based violence (GBV) related cases, because of the inefficiencies that exist in systems that should be assisting women as they deal with GBV...