As world leaders adopt new sustainable development goals this week, whether young marginalised people will really benefit from the gender equality and health goals remains to be seen.
Currently, for young women working in Malawi’s sex industry, the legal system creates barriers to health services and leads to discrimination.
Four years ago, Annie (name changed) faced a difficult moment for a person of her age. At 19 she had left her home village in Ntcheu because her parents were too poor to support her. Hoping for a better life, she moved to live with her aunt, a businesswoman who was living in Ndirande, a township in Blantyre.