Brigit Namwalo has nothing to celebrate. As the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, she sat in her house, dejected, nursing a wound inflicted by her husband of 12 years. "I have lived in this abusive marriage for the last eight years. I really want to move out, but I fear that I may not be able to take care of my children," the mother of four told IPS in Nairobi.