[h=1]HIV infected man is paid £3 to take girls' virginity as part of sexual cleansing ritual in Malawi[/h]
A HIV infected man has told how he is paid to have sex with girls once they reach puberty in his remote village in Malawi.
Eric Aniva is paid from £3 to £5 to have sex with girls over a three-day period after their first menstruation.
If they refuse it's believed their families or even the whole village will be cursed.
But Aniva's job is not classed as rape - instead it is called 'sexual cleansing'. And he is known as a 'hyena' rather than a sexual predator.
'Some girls are just 12 or 13 years old, but I prefer them older,' Aniva told the BBC.
'All these girls find pleasure in having me as their hyena. They actually are proud and tell other people that this man is a real man, he knows how to please a woman.'
Eric Aniva is paid from £3 to £5 to have sex with girls once the reach puberty in southern Malawi
- Eric Aniva is paid from £3 to £5 to have sex with girls when they hit puberty
- He is hired by village elders to carry out 'sexual cleansing'
- It is a traditional routine and the men paid to carry it out are called 'Hyenas'
- Charity says it's 'often a death sentence for girls'
A HIV infected man has told how he is paid to have sex with girls once they reach puberty in his remote village in Malawi.
Eric Aniva is paid from £3 to £5 to have sex with girls over a three-day period after their first menstruation.
If they refuse it's believed their families or even the whole village will be cursed.
But Aniva's job is not classed as rape - instead it is called 'sexual cleansing'. And he is known as a 'hyena' rather than a sexual predator.
'Some girls are just 12 or 13 years old, but I prefer them older,' Aniva told the BBC.
'All these girls find pleasure in having me as their hyena. They actually are proud and tell other people that this man is a real man, he knows how to please a woman.'
Eric Aniva is paid from £3 to £5 to have sex with girls once the reach puberty in southern Malawi
