«You can be more than just a wife»

My name is Grace Kumanda. I work in an organization in Malawi called Pacacherry which literally means «Under a fear tree» — because we talk about things people are not comfortable to talk about: sexism, early marriages and sex-work. Technically sex work is not illegal. But we have a pino-code which was established years ago, during the colonies time. Most of this laws were meant to protect women, but for some reasons they were misinterpreted and used against them. If girls-sexworkers sit in the bar or stand along the street, policemen can just arrest them. And their argument…