She was black, wore here hair in a pony-tail, and had big eyes. Her tired look appeared to be a reflection of hard living. She looked at the audience calmly as she took some diplomas and graduation pictures from her bag. Marina raised and educated her sons and daughters. My children, neighbours, and everybody who knows me treats me with respect.
Marina is a health messenger who works independently with women in prostitution.
She belongs to the Women United Movement, putting her energies into organising and helping sex workers. In July 1995 at the opening ceremony of the First Sex Workers' Congress, one scene from the Provocation Theatre was presented. Sex workers grouped as a health messengers team used their life stories to stimulate the audience, and to bring their health messages to bars and 'entertainment' businesses. I don't think that the society has any right to censor me. In this country the capability and intelligence of woman are not measured.