BBC recently shared a special report featuring a
middle aged HIV positive Malawian man, Eric Avina, whose responsibility is to
conduct "sexual cleansing" for underaged and also matured women in Nsanje
district in southern Malawi. Avina in his community is referred to as Hyena, a
traditional title given to a man hired by communities in several remote parts of
southern Malawi to provide what's called sexual "cleansing". Teenage girls,
after their first menstruation, are made to have sex over a three-day period
with Avina to mark their passage from childhood to womanhood. (Read more
here) Alvina has now been arrested.
A government spokesman told BBC Africa that Aniva was arrested on
Malawi President, Peter Mutharika's orders and would be prosecuted for violating
children's rights. The spokesman also revealed that the president was disturbed
by the revelations made in the story and has vowed to crackdown on the cultural
practice.
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