Thousands of sex-workers in Kenya’s Coast region have announced they are downing tools for at least one week to protest recent wave of femicide that has suddenly hit the country.
The above are members of Nkoko Iju Africa, non-governmental organization that champions the rights of sex workers majorly within the Coast region.
They say their withdrawal of services will end on 27 January when there will be a countrywide Feminist March to protest recent gruesome murders of women.
“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.
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,” Nkoko Iju Africa Executive Director Maryline Laini says.
