A few days ago, Grace* had a terrible argument with a man. It even came to blows, and she was so afraid that she started running, trying to flee. The guy, an older Italian, was trying to force her to have anal sex. He wanted to pay her 2,000 Kenyan shillings, less than $16, with vaginal intercourse included. “No, no. I’m poor, but you can’t treat me like this,” Grace told him. She had no choice but to turn to sex work when she was 28 years old after her husband abandoned her and their two children, leaving them without even a roof to sleep under. She looked for other employment, but couldn’t find anything. There was no option. Now, Grace is 34 and has a small home with adobe walls and a roof made of coconut leaves, which she paid for with her own money, located on the outskirts of the Kenyan town of Watamu, on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
Nuestra fuente:EL PAÍS América Colombia: el periódico global… en EL PAÍS Publicado para Colombia
