Nicaragua prostitutes study law to help others in trouble
Nicaragua prostitutes study law to help others in trouble
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | April 7, 2015
Nicaragua, Apr 7 – Cony’s usual work clothes are tight-fitting outfits that show off her curves as she waits for clients at the bar. But today she has put on a modest flower-print dress to attend her first law class, one of 60 sex workers who are training to become volunteer “facilitators” in the Nicaraguan justice system.
Cony — short for Concepcion Jarquin — learned early on to survive in a hostile world, and now hopes to use her street sense to help others defend themselves.
Raped by a neighbor at age six, she dropped out of school in shame and left home to escape the rebukes of her mother, who blamed her for what happened.
Forty years and countless humiliations later, this lively, smiling woman is studying part-time in a conference room at the Supreme Court to learn the basics of the Nicaraguan civil and criminal codes.
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