*[Enwl-eng] Extorting sex for water

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--> We can help stop sextortion 
  
           
     
                                  
                                 
                                When Kenyan mother Trezer Achieng was 26, a local water vendor forced her into sex -- in front of her child -- as 'payment' for her overdue bill. The pain, the fear, and the shame were so intense that she wanted to kill herself. But she survived, and now she is working to make it a crime to extort sex for water. The government of Kenya is on the verge of proposing a new law, and a massive public outcry could push it from saying the right thing to doing the right thing. Join us!  
                                Sign now!  
                                 
                                 
                             
                       
                 
                                Dear friends,  
                                It's insane.

                                All across Kenya, vendors coerce women and girls into paying with sex for the water their families need to survive.

                                Water is so scarce that there is no other way to get it.

                                And this extortion -- sextortion -- is perfectly legal.

                                Yes, really.

                                But together we can finally make sextortion a crime and put the perpetrators behind bars! Top civil society groups in Kenya are working on writing a better law. They tell us that with a massive public outcry, the Kenyan government would agree to help draft the proposal and champion it before Parliament.

                                This is a chance for real change! So sign now, and we will deliver your call for action directly to the Department of Justice and the Attorney General.  
                                 
                             
                       
                 
                                Kenya: Stop Sextortion!  
                                In Kibera, an area of extreme poverty on the outskirts of Nairobi, studies suggest that tens of thousands of women and girls face sextortion. The numbers are likely even higher because most victims are scared to speak out. And sextortion doesn't just happen in Kenya but all across the world.

                                It's very hard to fight sextortion. Often, victims' testimony is the only evidence but they remain silent out of fear they won't be believed, or will suffer public humiliation and be cast out the their communities. But if Kenya passes a new law, the government will unlock powerful new tools to fight sextortion -- including opening new sources of funding, adding enforcement, promoting women as water vendors, and ending price gouging for water.

                                Courageous women like Trezer are speaking up and sharing their stories so their daughters don't have to face the same horrors. Let's join our voices with theirs and tell the Kenyan government that extorting sex for water must be made a crime! Sign now:  
                                Kenya: Stop Sextortion!  
                                The Avaaz movement stands for gender equity. We've fought for girls' education, stood in solidarity with the women's movement in Iran, and pushed for a groundbreaking treaty to protect women from workplace violence. We are fortunate to be fighting sextortion alongside the Kenya Water and Sanitation CSOs Network (KEWASNET), the Africa Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation (ANEW), the Umande Trust, and the incredible Trezer Achieng.  We share Trezer's hope that, together, we can make sure her daughter grows up in a world without sextortion.

                                With hope and determination,
                                Nate, Patricia, Antonia, Mel, Huiting and the rest of the Avaaz team  

                                  
                                 
                                More information:

                                a.. Sextortion rife in Kenya's Kibera slum (Deutche Welle)

                                b.. Sex for Water is Sextortion, and it is a crime (Stockholm International Water Institute)
                                c.. Sex For Water Project: Promoting Safe Space for Girls and Young Women in Kibera (KEWASNET and ANEW)
                                 
                                 
                             
                       
                 
           
     
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                        From: Nate Miller - Avaaz 
                        Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 11:00 AM
                        Subject: Extorting sex for water

                       
                 



           
     
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