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SEX FOR FISH
Keny a, Lake Vi ctoria, 2012
„Sex for Fish“ Is a practice within some Kenyan fishing communities in which young female fish sellers develop sexual relationships with fisher-
men and middlemen in exchange for fish is exposing a new generation to HIV. According to statistics from the United Nation‘s Food and Agriculture Organization, HIV prevalence among Kenyans in the fishing industry was
30.5% in 2006. IRIN reports that the practice, known as jaboya, often is the only way for fish traders to make a living.
In addition, competition for a „catch that is often less than plentiful means offering their own bodies is no longer enough, so desperate traders have now resorted to making
available their younger“ female relatives many of whom are younger than age 18 according to IRIN.
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