Findings have been made which show that girls as young as
10 years old are being sent to sex camps to be initiated.
The girls in Malawi are taken to the camps where they are
taught to have sex and expected to lose their virginity.
The ‘campers’ are usually tricked by their families into
attending these camps and they are told that they must
either have sex or get a skin disease.
According to reports:
The horrifying practice is not new – it is a time-honored
ritual passed through generations and the girls are sent by
their families to make sure they are accepted into their
communities as adults.
When she was aged 10 Grace was sent to an initiation camp
which took place not far from her home in Golden Village,
where Grace lives with her grandmother, reports CNN.
During her week-long stay she said she was taught her
about respecting her elders and doing household chores, but
also how to have sex by the women that led the camp who
are known as he women, known as anamkungwi, or ‘key
leaders’.
She told a group of journalists visiting Malawi with the
United Nations Foundation that the women demonstrated
sexual positions and encouraged girls to do ‘sexual
cleansing,’ also called kusasa fumbi, which meant they
should get rid of their inexperience with sex through
practice.
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