When Jane* got a job at a watersport establishment recently, she thought it was an avenue to her independence.

She had plans of using the money to continue her education, so she showed up to work with much enthusiasm. But that zeal for her job was shortlived, and a brutal attack has scarred her life.

“I was taken to sea and raped by my boss. He ripped my virginity away. I feel numb and it’s hard to describe how I feel right now but I am not the same,” she said. Jane’s alleged rapist is currently in police custody, but she said she too feels as if she is in a prison – her own body. She told THE STAR that just days after she started working, her boss began making sexual passes at her.