Voices of Silence

Eleventh voice

My name is Elizabeth, well at least that's how I present myself on the internet, I am a 14 year old teenager, I was born in a suburb of Luanda, capital of Angola, I lived a good life until my father was murdered, I was a happy child, and had a good quality of life ...

My father always worked hard and took good care of me, my mother and my sisters, but he died when I was 5 years old, my mother did not get a job, so we started to be in need, we had to move to a poorer neighborhood , more dangerous, the first time I was abused, I was less than 06 years old, I and one of my sisters were grabbed in the street, put in a car and taken to a shack, I don't remember much, just feeling a lot of pain and giving me a drink, I also remember my sister's screams, I don't know how many men there were, but there were several, from teenagers to older people, my sister and I were raped several times in a row until we lost consciousness and even after that they continued, one day and two nights like that, then they took us back to the car and threw us into the street, as if we were animals.

That was the first time, today at the age of 14, I can't say how many times I was raped.

And this is not something that just happened to me, unfortunately it is something that happens daily, with women and men of all ages and places in the world.

The first time my sister and I were raped was by strangers, but most of the other times it was by acquaintances, relatives, people who claimed to be friends.

Cousins, the market owner, schoolmates, my mom's friends, neighbors ...

Today I'm a call girl, and I brought my little sister with me, I do everything I can so that she doesn't go through the same hell I went through and I'm going through, I want her to know happiness and always be a happy girl, just like I was before of my father being murdered.