The legal status of prostitution in Africa varies greatly. This often happens in practice, partly driven by widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, and is one of the driving forces for AIDS prevalence in Africa. (36.9% in sub-Saharan Africa) Senegal and CÃÆ'Â'te d'Ivoire allow prostitution operations. In other countries, prostitution may be legal, but brothels are not allowed to operate. In some countries where prostitution is illegal, law is rarely enforced.
Transactional sexual relations are very common in sub-Saharan Africa, where they often involve relationships between older men and younger women or girls. In many cases, a woman in a transactional relationship may remain loyal to her boyfriend, while she may have multiple sexual partners. In both cases, transactional sex presents an increased risk of HIV infection. As a result, transactional sex is a factor involved in the spread of AIDS in Africa.
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Central Africa
Angola
Prostitution in Angola is illegal and common since the 1990s. Prostitution increased further at the end of the civil war in 2001. The prohibition was not consistently enforced. Many women are involved in prostitution because of poverty. It is estimated that by 2013 there will be about 33.00 sex workers in the country. Many Namibian women enter the country illegally, often through the border town of Curoca, and travel to cities such as Ondjiva, Lubango and Luanda to work as prostitutes.
Cameroon
Prostitution in Cameroon is illegal but tolerated, especially in urban and tourist areas. In the capital, YaoundÃÆ' Â © the main area of ​​prostitution is the environment of Mini Ferme. UNAIDS estimates there are 110,000 sex workers in the country.
Cameroon attracts sex tourism from the West, especially for child prostitution. The Cameroonian government has sought to stop this trade by approving multilateral agreements like charter for sex tourism, such as registering with the Universal Travel Agency Association (UFTAA).
Central African Republic
Prostitution is legal and common in Central African Republic. Procuring or taking advantage of someone else's prostitution is illegal, such as forcing people into prostitution. Penalties are a fine and up to one year in prison, or 5 years if the case involves a minor.
Trafficking in persons and child prostitution is a problem in this country. A study published in 2017 found that about two thirds of prostitutes in the DPR building, Bangui, work part-time to supplement their income or pay tuition and college fees. Some full-time prostitutes visit hotels, bars and nightclubs looking for wealthy clients, especially French men. They are known as "pupulenge" (dragonflies) or "gba moundjou" (see the white ones). Those who work in the poorer neighborhoods are known as "words".
Chad
Prostitution in Chad is illegal, but common, especially in the cities and southern centers of the country. UNAIDS estimates there are 1,200 prostitutes in the country. Many from Cameroon.
Like many Sub-Saharan African countries, HIV is a problem in Chad. Sex workers are one of the high risk groups. Lack of understanding about infections, low condom use and poor access to health services contribute to a 20% HIV prevalence rate. This figure may be higher in the Chad Lake area.
Democratic Republic of The Congo
Prostitution in the Democratic Republic of Congo is legal but Congolese criminal law punishes pimps, runs a nasty house or brothel, exploits debauchery or prostitution, and forced prostitution. Activities that incite minors or promote the prostitution of others have been criminalized. UNAIDS estimates there are 2.9 million sex workers in the country. Many Congolese prostitutes come from abroad or homeless children accused of witchcraft.
During the colonial era and the years after independence, the Health Department issued a calling card that identified professional sex workers and gave them medical health checks. However, this system was abandoned in the 1980s. Public order law is sometimes used against sex workers. Street prostitutes report abuse, violence and extortion from the police.
Equatorial Guinea
Prostitution in Equatorial Guinea is illegal. UNAIDS estimates there are about 6,000 prostitutes in the country. Sex trafficking is a problem in this country.
Gabon
Prostitution in Gabon is illegal. UNAIDS estimates there are about 400 prostitutes in the country. Sex trade is a Gabon problem.
During his trial in Paris in 1995, Italian fashion designer Francesco Smalto admitted giving Gabon President then, Omar Bongo to Parisian prostitutes to get a $ 600,000 sewing business per year.
Republic of the Congo
Prostitution in the Republic of Congo is illegal but commonplace. The government does not enforce the ban effectively.
Sex trafficking is a problem in this country.
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East Africa
Burundi
Prostitution in Burundi is illegal but it is common and increasing. Prostitution is prevalent in all regions of the country, and especially in the capital, Bujumbura, and before the security crisis in 2015, the tourist area around Lake Tanganyika. UNAIDS estimates there are 51,00 prostitutes in Burundi. Many women turn to prostitution because of poverty.
Previously, law enforcement had made little effort to curb prostitution. Political pressure, including from the mayor of Bujumbura, Freddy Mbonimpa, has caused unrest across the country.
HIV, the sex trade and child prostitution are a problem in this country.
Comoros
Prostitution in Comoros is illegal. This is an open practice in hotels frequented by foreign nationals. UNAIDS estimates there are 200 prostitutes on the islands.
Comoros is the home country for children who are victims of the sex trade in the country. Women and girls are reported to be targets of the sex trade in Comoros. Comoros may be particularly vulnerable to inter-state trade due to lack of adequate border control, corruption within the administration, and the presence of international criminal networks involved in people smuggling.
Djibouti
Prostitution in Djibouti is illegal, but tolerable. UNAIDS estimates there are 2,900 prostitutes in the country. Many work from bars and nightclubs. This is a red light district in Djibouti City.
Because of its strategic position, troops from the United States, China, France, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Italy. Russia, Spain, Germany, and Britain are stationed at base in Djibouti. The presence of these troops increased the demand for prostitution. During an investigation in 2015, it was found that nearly half of the Tennessee National Army Department of Naval Engineering Department had used temporary prostitutes stationed in Djibouti.
Eritrea
Prostitution in Eritrea is legal and regulated. Official figures state there are about 2,000 prostitutes in the country, who are not allowed to operate near schools, hospitals, and churches. According to the 2009 Human Rights Report, security forces sometimes follow women involved in prostitution and arrest those who spend the night with strangers. Some women enter prostitution because of poverty.
Prostitutes are known locally as "shermuta" in Arabic, or "mnzerma" and "me'amn" in Tigrinya.
Ethiopia
Prostitution in Ethiopia is legal, but procurement (prostitution in operation, benefiting from prostitution etc.) is illegal under Article 634 of the Criminal Code of Ethiopia, as revised in May 2005. Many feel that it has contributed to an increased incidence of AIDS. UNAIDS estimates there are more than 19,000 prostitutes in big cities.
Ethiopia has become a magnet for sex tourism, including child sex tourism.
In 2015, Ethiopian scriptwriter and screenwriter, Hermon Hailay, directs the Price of Love movie, inspired by his experiences growing close to prostitutes.
Kenya
Prostitution in Kenya is widespread. The legal situation is complicated. Although prostitution is not criminalized by Federal law, municipal regulations may be prostitution. (Nairobi bans all sex work in December 2017). It is illegal to benefit from the prostitution of others, and to assist, defraud, coerce or incite prostitution. (Sections 153 and 154 of the Criminal Code).
Many foreign men and women take part in sex tourism, which develops in resorts along the coast of Kenya. Thousands of girls and boys are involved in full-time child prostitution due to poverty in the region.
Madagascar
Prostitution in Madagascar is legal and common, especially in tourist areas. Related activities such as soliciting, holding, living from prostitution income or storing brothels are prohibited. Public order law is also used against prostitutes. There is a recent law against "queen with a female prostitute". People caught paying for sex with children under 14 can face criminal penalties up to 10 years in prison. This is strictly enforced against foreign tourists. As well as in tourist areas, prostitution also occurs around mining towns in the interior such as Ilakaka and Andilamena. It is estimated that there are 167,443 sex workers in the country by 2014.
Malawi
Prostitution in Malawi is legal and prevalent around hotels and bars in urban and tourist areas. Living out of prostitution is illegal. By 2015, there are an estimated 20,000 sex workers in the country.
Prostitution takes place around the logging centers of Luwawa, Nthungwa, Raiply and Kalungulu. Prostitutes work from small huts around villages in the forest.
Human trafficking, HIV and child prostitution are a problem in this country.
Mauritius
Prostitution in Mauritius is illegal but is practiced in parts of Port Louis and other cities. Many are turning to prostitution through poverty.
This country is a destination of sex tourism, especially child sex tourism.
Mayotte
Prostitution at Mayotte takes place on the ring road and in the villages of Mtsapere and Kaweni in the Mamoudzou commune. Many of the prostitutes are illegal immigrants from Madagascar and Comoros, who are transported to the islands at night on the kwassa-kwassa ship. An area in Passamainty, also part of the Mamoudzou commune, used for drugs and prostitution, was destroyed by locals in July 2016.
Mozambique
Prostitution in Mozambique is legal and widely practiced, and the country also has an illegal brothel. The majority of the population remains below the poverty line, a situation that provides fertile ground for the development of prostitution.
The arrival of peacekeeping forces operating under the auspices of the United Nations resulted in an increase in the prostitution industry. In 1992, prostitution in Mozambique had reached such proportions that the positions of mediators were formed between the military on one side and pimps and prostitutes on the other. The issue of prostitution in Mozambique came under international discussion for the first time in the mid-1990s, when the deputy head of the UN mission Behrouz Sadri accused UN peacekeepers of buying sex from underage prostitutes.
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Following French law prohibiting "passive demand" in 2003, street prostitution in union RÃÆ'Â Â © greatly reduced. Many prostitutes now use classified ads in newspapers such as "Clicanoo" (Journal de l'ÃÆ'®le de La RÃÆ'Â © union) and the internet. Some students at the University of La RÃÆ'Â Â © Â union use prostitution to fund their way through the university.
Rwanda
Prostitution is illegal in Rwanda. In all aspects. Prostitutes, clients, and involved third parties (such as pimps and brothel guards) are criminalized by the Criminal Code. However, a new draft Penal Code that does not prohibit prostitution is filed for debate in the Rwandan Parliament in December 2017.
Because of the extraordinary poverty in this country, many women are forced into prostitution to make money. In 2012 it is estimated there are 12,278 sex workers in the country. It is estimated that 45.8% of sex workers in Rwanda are HIV positive.
Seychelles
Prostitution in Seychelles is illegal but remains common. Police generally do not catch prostitutes unless their actions involve other crimes. Many of the 586 prostitutes on the islands are foreign.
Somalia
Prostitution in Somalia is illegal. Although forced marriages exist in areas under insurgent control, there is generally little voluntary prostitution and premarital sex in the country according to the African Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF). UNAIDS estimates there are 10,957 sex workers in Somalia by 2016.
Sex and child prostitution is a problem in this country.
South Sudan
Prostitution in Southern Sudan is legal but related activities such as solicitation or prostitution are illegal.
Since independence from Sudan in July 2011, prostitution has grown rapidly, mainly due to the influx of prostitutes from nearby African countries. In the capital, Juba, the number of prostitutes increased from several thousand at the time of independence to about 10,000 by 2014. Juba has a large percentage of foreign residents including aid workers and UN personnel. Many of them are single men, or married men who live away from home. Their relative wealth has attracted women and girls from within South Sudan as well as from Kenya, Congo, Uganda, and Khartoum.
Sex workers are subject to police harassment and brutality.
Tanzania
Prostitution in Tanzania is illegal but widespread. Many young women and girls are forced into prostitution because of poverty, lack of job opportunities, culture, and family unit disintegration. Many students must turn to prostitution for economic reasons.
Sex and child prostitution is a major issue in Tanzania.
The country is a sex tourism destination, including women and children sex tourism, especially in beach resorts and Zanzibar.
Uganda
Prostitution in Uganda is illegal under the Uganda Penal Code of 1950, but is widespread, however. Many are turning to prostitution because of poverty and lack of other opportunities. A study of Kampala teachers in 2008 showed that teachers turned to prostitution to increase their income. A sex worker can earn about 1.5 million Ugandan shillings (Ã, £ 439) per month, while this will be the annual wage for a high school teacher. There are many Kenyan prostitutes in this country.
Sex trafficking, HIV, and child prostitution are a problem in this country.
Zambia
Prostitution in Zambia is legal and general. Related activities such as requesting and making purchases are prohibited. UNAIDS estimates there are 9,285 prostitutes in the capital, Lusaka. Many women turn to prostitution because of poverty. Sex workers report corrupt, inconsistent and often abusive law enforcement.
In Lusaka, some prostitutes enroll in college to get the campus room to work.
Zambia has major problems associated with child prostitution. There is a false belief that intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS. HIV and the sex trade are also a problem in this country.
Zimbabwe
Prostitution in Zimbabwe and related acts, including demand, procurement, and storage of brothels, are illegal but growing. The dire economic situation in Zimbabwe has forced many women to become sex workers.
In 1983 there was a major effort to eliminate sex work in post-independence Zimbabwe by collecting hundreds of women and holding them until they could prove that they were not involved in trade, otherwise they were sent to resettlement camps. A number of women's groups support this as a strong marriage.
North Africa
Algeria
Prostitution in Algeria is legal, but most related activities such as prostitution and banning prohibitions are criminalized.
As a result of the Arabization of the country, the rise of Islamism and civil unrest following the economic downturn caused by the glut of oil of the 1980s, prostitution was banned in 1982. This forced many prostitutes to work on the streets. However there are two brothels that continue to operate under previous French occupation rules and medical examinations with the involvement of the Algerian authorities.
Egypt
Prostitution in Egypt is illegal. The police department officially fights prostitution, but, like almost every other country, prostitution is in Egypt. The prostitutes in Egypt are Egyptians, Russians, and many other countries.
Prostitutes in Ancient Egypt were respected and even considered sacred as the first institution in which prostitution flourished was the temple of the Gods. Dewa Amun is involved in sexual activity with many women under the guise of religion. Families often give their most beautiful daughters to priests in their temples. As soon as they become too old for the priests' tastes, they are allowed to leave. Many practices of prostitution until they get married.
Libya
Prostitution in Libya is illegal, but common. Since the "Popular Revolution" of 1973, laws based on Sharia law are adhered to in prostitution; his sentence could be 100 lashes. Exploitation of prostitutes, living from prostitution income or engaging in prostitution is prohibited by Article 417 of the Libyan Criminal Code. Purchasing sexual services is not prohibited by law, but may violate Sharia law.
Many sex workers come from Nigeria (more than 1,000 by 2015). There are also sex workers from other sub-Saharan African countries such as Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Desperate to escape from the poverty of their country, they are often trafficked to Libya with the promise of employment in Italy. Some work as prostitutes in Libya to pay off debt easing in the hope of traveling to Italy.
Morocco
Prostitution has been illegal in Morocco since the 1970s. In 2015 the Ministry of Health of Morocco estimates there are 50,000 prostitutes in Morocco, the majority in the Marrakech area.
Many children are vulnerable because the law of adoption in Morocco is very rigid and difficult. Morocco's reputation for attracting foreign pedophiles has led to the signing of numerous international treaties to address the issue. Male prostitution exists but is stigmatized. Health services for Moroccan sex workers include OPALS.
Sudan
Prostitution in Sudan is illegal but widespread. UNAIDS estimates there are 212,262 prostitutes in the country.
Tunisia
Prostitution in Tunisia is organized and limited to two small areas, one in Sfax and the other, Sidi Abdallah Guech in Tunis. Beyond these two areas of prostitution is illegal.
After the 2011 Melati Revolution, the Islamist government turned a blind eye to fundamentalist action against the red light district. Many were burned, in another the prostitute turned out and the building was destroyed. All but them in Tunis and Sfax were closed, both rescued by the actions of local residents preventing fundamentalists from entering the area until police and military arrive.
In 2014 there is a petition to the Interior Ministry to allow the red light district in Sousse to reopen but this does not work.
South Africa
Botswana
Prostitution in Botswana is not illegal, but legislation such as public disruption, wandering, wandering and state-recognized religious provisions are used to prosecute prostitutes. Related activities such as asking and prostitution are illegal. Botswana has made a proposal to make legal prostitution to prevent the spread of AIDS. However, there is mass opposition to it by the Catholic Church. Prostitution is widespread and occurs in roads, bars, hotels, brothels and long-distance truck taxis.
The West Gaborone shopping complex and the surrounding streets, is the main prostitution area in the capital, Gaborone. The Itekeng ward of Francistown (locally known as 'Doublers') is the main area of ​​prostitution in the city. The majority of prostitutes in both cities are from Zimbabwe.
Lesotho
Prostitution in Lesotho is legal but requests and third party involvement are criminalized by article 55 of the Criminal Code. There are an estimated 6,300 prostitutes in Maseru and Leribe District.
HIV is endemic in this country, especially among sex workers, who are estimated to have an HIV prevalence of 71.9%.
Namibia
Prostitution in Namibia is a very common legal and general practice. Related activities such as demand, procurement and engaging in running a brothel are illegal. A World Bank study estimates there are about 11,000 prostitutes in Namibia.
Prostitution takes place across the country, especially in border areas, transportation corridors, Walvis Bay and the capital of Windhoek. Most prostitutes are Namibians, but there are also large numbers from Zambia, Botswana and Angola. Most women work independently and few have pimps.
Most prostitutes in Namibia meet with their clients on the streets or in bars. Bars often have spaces in place for prostitutes to use, and brothels usually have bars, so the line between bar and brothel is often blurred. Some, more on the market, sex workers are contacted by cell phone or the internet and work in high-end clubs and hotels.
South Africa
Prostitution is illegal in South Africa to buy and sell sex, as well as related activities such as prostitution and pimps. However, it remains widespread. Bad law enforcement.
In 2013, there were harassments between 121,000 and 167,000 prostitutes in South Africa.
HIV, child prostitution (including sex tourism) and human trafficking are a problem in this country.
Swaziland
Prostitution in Swaziland is illegal, an anti-prostitution law that began in 1889, when Swaziland was a South African protectorate. Law enforcement is inconsistent, especially near industrial sites and military bases. Police tend to turn a blind eye to prostitution at the club. There is a periodic clamp by the police.
Senator Thuli Mswane and NGO Swaziland AIDS Support Organization (SASO), Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Working Group (SWEAT) and Mpumalanga Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) have recommended that prostitution be legalized in Swaziland, to enable it to be regulated to reduce hazards. to prostitutes and limit the spread of HIV.
Sex trafficking, child prostitution and HIV are problems in the country.
West Africa
Benin
Prostitution in Benin is legal but related activities such as prostitution and profits from prostitution of others are illegal. UNAIDS estimates there are about 15,000 prostitutes in the country. Most of them are migrants from neighboring countries, especially Nigeria, Togo and Ghana. Only 15% of prostitutes are Beninese. Prostitution takes place on the streets, in bars, restaurants, hotels, and brothels. With the advent of smartphones, many prostitutes use the app to make arrangements with clients.
Many women enter prostitution for economic reasons. Some young Beninese women learn English so they can go to Nigeria to work as prostitutes because Nigeria has a thriving sex industry.
In rural areas, widows will secretly turn to prostitution to support their families. It is a cultural and social tradition that is not regarded as prostitution by society, but is considered a method of preservation of a surname. Every child born of this liaison takes the name of the deceased husband. Not infrequently a widow has five children after her husband died.
Burkina Faso
Prostitution in Burkina Faso is not specifically prohibited by law, but asking and pimping is illegal. Burkinabe people only accept sexual intercourse in marriage. In 2009, Voice of America reported that the number of prostitutes in Burkina Faso has increased as a result of the country's poverty. Increased prostitution has raised fears of an increasing number of Burkinabà © infected with HIV and AIDS.
In the capital, Ouagadougou, the main prostitution area is in the Dapoya district.
Although homosexuality is illegal in the country, male prostitution occurs, especially in tourist areas.
Cape Verde
Prostitution in Cape Verde is legal and commonplace. There is no prostitution law on the islands except those concerning child trafficking and prostitution. UNAIDS estimates there are 1,400 prostitutes in Cape Verde, many from Ghana and Senegal before being expelled by the police. Some go to prostitution through poverty.
Sex tourism, including child sex tourism, is a major event in Cape Verde, especially in Santa Maria and the resort's beach resort on the island of Cape Verdian, Sal. The islands are also a tourist destination of female sex.
CÃÆ'Â'te d'Ivoire (Cote d'Ivoire)
At CÃÆ'Â'te d'Ivoire, prostitution itself (sex exchanges with money) is legal, but related activities, such as asking, wandering or running brothels, are illegal. Sex workers report law enforcement is very rare and corrupt. Police sometimes harass sex workers and demand bribes or sexual assistance. Transgender prostitutes are often targeted by police and soldiers and victims of violence. It is estimated that by 2014 there are 9,211 prostitutes in the country. The civil war has caused many women in need of wages, so some of them are forced into prostitution, because there is high unemployment.
In the capital, Abidjan, most prostitutes are from Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Mali, Senegal and other West African countries, the largest group is from Ghana.
Gambia
Prostitution in Gambia is widespread but illegal. Most of the prostitutes in Gambia are from Senegal. Prostitution takes place on the beach, in bars and hotels on the beach. Away from the beach, prostitution mainly takes place in bars. The bars are often raided and foreign prostitution is deported. They often return in a few days.
High rates of HIIV infection for prostitution.
Ghana
Prostitution in Ghana is illegal but widespread, so much so that many Ghanaians do not realize that it is forbidden. There is a growing problem of sex tourism, child prostitution and human trafficking. The high rate of unemployment and poverty in Ghana is believed to cause growth in the sex industry. Unemployment is the reason youth workers engage in sex work. The high percentage of sex workers is vulnerable to HIV.
Some prostitutes in Ghana are campaigning for the sex trade to be ratified, and discussions have been made.
Guinea
Prostitution in Guinea is illegal. There are an estimated 8,357 prostitutes in the country.
Guinea-Bissau
Prostitution in Guinea-Bissau is common and there is no prostitution law. By 2016 it is estimated there are 3,138 prostitutes in this country. Often associated with other crimes: Many pimps are also reported as drug traffickers. Poverty causes many women to be tempted to become prostitutes and addicted to cocaine.
Many prostitutes in Bissau and other cities in Guinea-Bissau are women of Manjako from Caio in Cacheu County. They tend to be over 30 and wait in the designated rooms in their homes for clients. Occasionally they will go to local bars to find clients. Prostitutes from Caio also go to Ziguinchor in Senegal and Banjul in Gambia to work.
Liberia
Prostitution is illegal but widespread in Liberia. There are about 1,822 prostitutes in this country. Like neighboring Sierra Leone, child prostitution has improved after the civil war.
Mali
Prostitution is legal in Mali, but third party activities such as illegal procurement. Prostitution is common in the city of Mali. UNAIDS estimates there are 35,900 prostitutes in the country. Prostitution is on the rise, many are turning to prostitution because of poverty.
In the capital, Bamako, a large number of prostitutes are from Nigeria and other West African countries. In July and August there was an influx of students from different parts of West Africa who worked as prostitutes during the summer holidays. There are also many Chinese bars in the country where prostitution takes place. It is estimated that Chinese sex workers send 2 billion CFAs back to China each year. Many Nigerian prostitutes work in the area around the Morila Gold Mine.
Mauritania
Prostitution in Mauritania is illegal. It is estimated there are 315 prostitutes in this country.
Niger
Prostitution in Niger is illegal but common in towns, near mines and around military bases. UNAIDS estimates there are 46,630 sex workers in the country. Many are turning to prostitution because of poverty.
Some Nigerian prostitutes trade on the Niger border because many prostitutes are persecuted in their homeland and Niger is considered more friendly and tends not to demand them to trade. Nigerian men prefer to cross the border to seek sex because punishment in Nigeria Islam is 50 lashes for "women procurement".
In 2017, the government ordered a crackdown on prostitution across the country.
Nigeria
Prostitution in Nigeria is illegal in all the Northern States that practice Islamic criminal law. In Southern Nigeria, pimp or madam activities, underage prostitution and brothel operations or ownership are subject to sanctions under 223, 224, and 225 of the Nigerian Criminal Code. Although Nigerian law does not legalize commercial sex work, it is not clear whether such work is done by independent individuals operating on their own accord without the use of pimps or brothels.
Nigeria has become a major exporter of women for prostitution. Senate vice-president Ike Ekweremadu has proposed a bill to legalize prostitution.
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Prostitution in SÃÆ' £ o TomÃÆ' © and PrÃÆ'ncipe is illegal. UNAIDS reports there are 89 prostitutes in the capital, SÃÆ' £ Tomà © Ã… ©. When the islands were inhabited by the Portuguese in 1493 under ÃÆ' lvaro Caminha, prostitutes were among the degredados sent to the colony.
Senegal
Prostitution in Senegal is legal and regulated. The prostitute must be at least 21 years of age, register with the police, carry a valid sanitary card, and a negative test for sexually transmitted infections. It has been legitimate since 1969 to sell sex while prostitutes have registered, over 21 years of age, have regular medical examinations, and can provide the latest medical report card to the police upon request by the Senegal Under Cyrus (article 318 to 327 bis). The average age for sex workers in Senegal is 28 years and women. Senegal has the distinction of being the only country in Africa that not only legalizes prostitution but also regulates it. The only condition that is done secretly. Prostitution was first ratified in 1966.
Sierra Leone
Prostitution in Sierra Leone is legal and commonplace. Ask for and involvement of third parties is prohibited by the Sexual Breach Act 2012. UNAIDS estimates there are 240,000 prostitutes in the country. They are known locally as 'snakes' because of the hissing sound they use to attract clients.
Since the end of the ten year civil war in Sierra Leone, there has been an increase in child prostitution, especially among children who are struggling to survive. This has happened despite the fact that child prostitution is illegal in this country.
Togo
Prostitution in Togo is legal and commonplace. Related activities such as demand, life from prostitution or procurement are prohibited. Penalties up to 10 years in jail if minors or violence are involved.
By 2014, there are an estimated 10,284 sex workers in the country. A 2011 survey found 51% working in bars and 26% in brothels. About half the sex workers in the country are in LomÃÆ'Â ©. According to research published in 2015, between 2005 and 2015, prostitution in the country increased 180%, and that three quarters of the prostitutes were Togo, and 15% Ghana women. It is not unusual for prostitutes to travel between Togo and neighboring countries to find work.
See also
- Transactional sex
References
Bibliography
- The History of Prostitution in Ethiopia , RICHARD PANKHURST, Ethiopia Study Journal , Vol. 12, No. 2 (JULY 1974), p. 159-178
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