Prostitution in South Sudan

Prostitution in South Sudan is legal but related activities such as soliciting or brothel-keeping are illegal.[1]

Since independence from Sudan in July 2011, prostitution has expanded considerably, mainly due to an influx of prostitutes from nearby African countries.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In the capital, Juba, the number of prostitutes rose from a few thousand at the time of independence to an estimated 10,000 in 2014.[1] Juba has a large percentage of foreign residents including aid workers and UN personnel. Many of these are single men, or married men living away from home. Their relative wealth has attracted women and girls from within South Sudan and also from Kenya, Congo, Uganda, and Khartoum.[1]

Sex workers are subject to police harassment and brutality.[1]

Sex trafficking,[7] child prostitution[3] and HIV[8] are problems in the country.

  1. ^ a b c d e Sykes, Brittany Venchelle (2013). "Whore or Homemaker? The Rocky State of Illegal Prostitution in the Newly-Formed South Sudan and a Practical Resolution to Curtail the Epidemic". University of Georgia School of Law. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Sex workers tell their stories about growing prostitution in South Sudan". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  3. ^ a b "Girls trafficked to South Sudan". Observer. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  4. ^ "Kenyan Call Girls Exporting Sex To Juba". The Star. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  5. ^ "Who is Responsible for Illegal Immigration into South Sudan?". South Sudan News Agency. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  6. ^ Wangui, Joyce Joan (8 August 2012). "Prostitution in Juba, the inside story". The Star. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
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