MDC-T targets prostitutes as part of recruitment strategy ahead of 2018 elections

The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC launched the “Bereka Mwana Tiende” recruitment strategy that is even targeting prostitutes ahead of next year’s elections.

Speaking to Daily News on the sidelines of the Manicaland launch of the voter recruitment campaign in Mutare on Saturday, MDC national youth league chairperson, Happymore Chidziva, said:

They are of importance to the struggle because they have been pushed into [prostitution] due to the hardships they have faced . . . They will speak to the nation about how tough times have become. To call them prostitutes is to degrade them. We are targeting the girl child who is being abused by the current government to the extent of being forced to sell their bodies to survive. Their voices must be heard. They should be afforded the opportunity to share their stories . . . and we all share the same challenges.

MDC-T’s “Bereka Mwana Tiende” campaign is a door-to-door voter registration campaign which urges all Zimbabweans, particularly first-time voters, to register ahead of next year’s general elections.

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