Recent comments made by Uganda's Minister for Tourism, when he described curvy women as potential tourist attractions, have brought the debate around the objectification of women back into the spotlight.
Recently, Uganda's Minister for Tourism, Godfrey Kiwanda, controversially declared that curvaceous women are a tourist attraction. At the launch of a beauty pageant, the Minister stated that since Ugandan women are curvy, well-endowed and attractive, the country should utilise them as a tourist attraction. "Those curves, there is a story behind them. This is a story we want to tell," the Minister reportedly said. Speaking on women's curves as a potential tourist attraction, Kiwanda added: "Tourism is not just about animals. It's about our food, the way we walk, the way we were created, our curves." Kiwanda's statements were backed by the chief executive officer of Miss Curvy Uganda, Ann Mungoma.
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