News Just in: Sex Workers Announce Strike, protest increase in femicide
News Just in: Sex Workers announce strike, protest increase in femicide: Nkoko Injuu Africa Executive Director Maryline Laini has highlighted that members of her organization will not be offering sexual services to their clients in solidarity with the family of 20-year-old Rita Waeni who is believed to have been murdered last Sunday at an Airbnb in Nairobi.
Nkoko Injuu an NGO that champions for the rights of sex workers within the Coast region, outlined that they are taxpayers who also deserve protection from the government.
She stated,”We will be joining other civil societies from today to protest the death of Waeni and that of Starlet Wahu and many other women who have been murdered within a span of one year. This way we will be condemning the deaths of young women and girls who are murdered due to the type of work they do,”
“Sex workers are taxpayers, we pay for taxes. We take care of our families through our work we need protection while at work just like any other worker in the country we need assurance of our safety while going on with our duties as well,” she added.
On this note, she called upon members to restrain themselves from offering sexual services to clients in solidarity with the feminist march set for January 27.
She stated,”I call upon our members to stay away from their workplaces, not to involve themselves in any sexual activities from today up to when the march is held. This way we will be advocating for safe working spaces and also telling the world that we are tired of the killings targeting women in this country,”
“We are aware that during this period we will be unable to provide for our families but this move is for a worthy cause where Kenyans should know that we need to be accorded the right to life no matter the nature of our work,”
She added: We are no longer safe, the deaths targeting women are alarming. Our members are reporting to work but we do not feel safe while there. We need assurance from the country’s security apparatus that our lives are protected while out there fending for our families.”
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