BREAK THE SILENCE AS A NATION

Sir,

Let us not do it like the Pharisees did to Jesus; they judged Him for sharing a table with the sinners, yet we are of one creator, God. Some men take advantage to play with our beloved sisters who respectfully work as sex workers.

Advantage

Just because their job is illegal in our country, these men take advantage to play with our beloved sisters. Our sisters are severely bruised from beatings and frequently have black eyes.
They are pulled by the hair as a way of control or torture. They are cut with knives and burnt with cigarettes.  Our sisters are treated as men’s commodities which they use whenever they want to vent out their fury, causing immense psychological harm in the process. Sex work is sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and often worse. Our beloved sisters end up in sex work mostly just because they have families to take care of, there are people whom they have to take care. It then brings to me the English idiom ‘drastic times calls for drastic measures’.

Abused

Our sisters are regularly physically assaulted and verbally abused, whether they ply their trade on streets or massage parlous. The system imposes an element of worthlessness, low self-esteem and insignificance upon them. Let us break the silence as a nation . I know one may wonder ‘how’. Our government shall eradicate or extirpate its love for money and open job opportunities which our beloved sisters would have, rather than settle to be wavered by cold angry winds in streets at night.

Our government should take this issue as imperative, because this is another way by which HIV/AIDS is commonly transmitted. The situation is hectic now and I wonder how I could teach my children that this is not a profuse career to choose. Just because we all have irreversible imperfections and weaknesses, so we have to break the silence. The Swatini Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA) is always there to fight against that abuse. It is an organisation that does not discriminate nor choose who one is - status or position.

Judge
You know what, you may have a white collar job, but that does not mean we should look down on them. We are all children of God, yes we are all of one creator; so we should not judge them, but we should be worried about them and break the silence. I hope those in Parliament who stay in mansions now know that out there, are those who live by sex trade in order to get something to eat.

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