In a few countries of Africa, the partial area that is like Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Ketediwa and Congo, still existing " the gender is clean " such abusive. In Malawi, once the girl enters adolescence, can be forced with be called " hyena " sexual worker has sex. The gender cleans a kind of form that is considered as young girl to enter year after year.
Generally speaking, can worker of sex of a male is employed to have sex with these young girls, the ceremony that finish. Terrible is, these " hyena " people the safeguard that be prohibited wearing condom or has any other forms, because this violated ceremonial regulation. Girls do not have the leeway of any choices.
Although Qiefuna is like this year 16 years old, but she has been the mother of a 9 months big boy. Her child comes from force sexual intercourse at, she won't forget that painful night forever. She says, she is advanced a room, her face was cheated her what is so invisible, a man came in, he begins to feel her, her shout rises, but an old woman tells her to should not resist, she says this is their culture, she should accept it. The sort of feeling resembled be being raped same.
If Qiefuna says: "My a bit is grouchy. I was driven out of the school, because I was pregnant. Thenceforth rises, I feel my destiny was destined. " but, in southern Malawi, this kind of ceremony is very common. Insider discloses, "Be called ' hyena ' male people is in nightly the bedroom that enters the girl. Girls do not know even is who and they produced sexual relationship. Girls do not know even is who and they produced sexual relationship..
This kind of practice caused very serious malign consequence. The girl people childhood and education were shortened, the person was married after because a lot of girls are in,attending a ceremony (the child marriage rate of Malawi resides the world the 10th) . They still must suffer the beginning of scar sexual relationship, bearing the risk that is pregnant to be infected with sexual disease bitterly.
The United Nations Children's Fund Commission expresses, malawi is one of nations with top mortality of the pregnant woman on the world, among them 35% it is teenage. The girl is less, they appear more likely with be pregnant concerned issue, be like a fistula (a kind of disease that causes uric fluid and leakage of excrement and urine) , haemorrhage and other complication. In the developing country, the 15 main death reasons to 19 years old of girls are childbirth and gravid and relevant complication. And in Malawi, there is to affect AIDS poison in every 10 people.
Fortunately, malawi government has gotten involved, improve this kind of condition. In Malawi southeast ministry, the chieftain A that cuts health rich area depends on Da Delaiza is those revolt " hyena " pioneers one of. She herself ever also was " the gender is clean " one of ceremonial victims, in those days she has 10 years old only. Now, had governmental support, she is able to condemn and try those people that hold to a ceremony.
In Mo Lang auspicious foot of a hill falls, have a school, boy of 945 years old, girls accept normal sexual education here. The disease that course involves a gender to travel for instance AIDS, and the danger of the sexual behavior that girls are informed not to have safeguard and premature sexual behavior. "When them (students) come home, they can communicate each other: ' I cannot be done so ' , because ' such doing can have a problem ' . " the say of a teacher of this school. This school is acting important role in the change of Malawi.
And Qiefuna if, also be determined to stand up make a stand against, raise her child. Today, she wants to model her for future. She says, her exclusive now wish returns the school namely, she wants finish school, take diploma. If Qiefuna did not want to become a nurse, become an independent woman, be far from the tradition that she once must bear hard. And this, be them " the fire of the hope " !
