Prostitution in Zambia

Prostitution in Zambia is legal[1][2] and common.[3] Related activities such as soliciting and procuring are prohibited.[1] UNAIDS estimate there are 9,285 prostitutes in the capital, Lusaka.[4] Many women turn to prostitution due to poverty.[5] Sex workers report law enforcement is corrupt, inconsistent and often abusive.[1]

In Lusaka, some prostitutes enrol in colleges to obtain a campus room to work from.[6]

Zambia has a huge problem relating to child prostitution.[7] There is a common false belief that having intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS.[8] HIV[9] and sex trafficking[10] are also problems in the country.

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  4. ^ "Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016". www.aidsinfoonline.org. UNAIDS. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ Ncube, Sipilisiwe (29 November 2017). "Poverty pushing prostitution, abortion to alarming levels – activist". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Too Much Prostitution IN Lusaka Colleges". Kitwe Times. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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  8. ^ "The history of HIV and AIDS in Zambia". May 13, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  9. ^ "Zambia 2016 Country Factsheet". www.unaids.org. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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