Prostitution in Tanzania explained

Prostitution in Tanzania is illegal but widespread.[1] [2] [3] UNAIDS estimate there to be 155,450 prostitutes in the country.[4] Many women and young girls are forced into prostitution due to poverty, lack of job opportunities, culture, and the disintegration of the family unit.[5] [6] Many university students have to turn to prostitution for economic reasons.[7]

Sex trafficking and child prostitution[8] are a major problems in Tanzania.

The country is a destination for sex tourism, including female and child sex tourism, especially in the coastal resorts and Zanzibar.

Sex tourism

Tanzania is a popular destination for sex tourism, particularly in Arusha[9] Bagamoyo and the islands of Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba. Many of the tourists are Italian.[10]

Zanzibar is also a destination for female sex tourism.[11] [12] Many of the "beach boys" are not from Zanzibar. There are some agents offering holidays to the island, including an exclusive "guide". Most of the women are from Europe or North America.

Child sex tourism is a problem,[13] especially on the coastal resorts and the Kenyan border. Whilst some of the children are trafficked, some turn to prostitution through poverty.

HIV

See main article: HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Tanzania faces a mature, generalized HIV epidemic. In 2011, an estimated 1.6 million Tanzanians were living with HIV/AIDS.[14] [15] An estimated 1 out of 20 residents in the capital Dar es Salaam and 1 in 3 sex workers are infected with the HIV virus.[16] Nationally, 28% of sex workers[17] and 4.7% of all adults are infected.[18]

Reports show that an increase in the number of cases of HIV and AIDS are growing at an alarming rate in Zanzibar. This is thought to have been added to by large numbers of tourists entering Zanzibar and fueling demand for prostitutes.[19]

Sex trafficking

See also: Human trafficking in Tanzania. Tanzania is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking. Internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking and characteristically facilitated by victims’ family members, friends, or intermediaries offering assistance with education or securing employment in urban areas. Impoverished children from the rural interior remain most vulnerable to trafficking. Girls are exploited in sex trafficking, particularly in tourist hubs and along the border with Kenya. Previous media reports indicate girls are subjected to sex trafficking in China. Tanzanian nationals are sometimes subjected sex trafficking in other African countries, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the United States. Trafficking victims from other countries, particularly children from Burundi, Rwanda, and Kenya, as well as adults from India, Nepal, and Yemen are subjected to sex trafficking. Citizens of neighbouring countries may transit Tanzania before being subjected to sex trafficking in South Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.[20]

The United States Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons ranks Tanzania as a "Tier 2" country.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DailyNews Online Edition - 'Prostitutes' adopt new trick to milk customers . Dailynews.co.tz . 23 March 2013 . 11 February 2014.
  2. Web site: DailyNews Online Edition - Prostitution shames the nation, it must be banned . Dailynews.co.tz . 16 May 2013 . 11 February 2014.
  3. Web site: The Legal Status of Prostitution by Country. ChartsBin. 14 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016 . www.aidsinfoonline.org . UNAIDS . 21 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190604174922/http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/dv/PivotData_2018_7_22_636678151733621264.htm . 4 June 2019 . dead .
  5. http://www.pdhre.org/cedaw/chapter4.html. Between their stories and our realities. Chapter 4: Safari - The Journey. January 1999. The People's Decade of Human Rights Education.
  6. Web site: TANZANIA: Prostitutes work the graveyard shift in Dar es Salaam. IRIN. 15 January 2018. 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728084514/http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=39562. 28 July 2011.
  7. Web site: Thomson Reuters Foundation | News, Information and Connections for Action . Trust.org . 28 February 2013 . 11 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Mwita. Sosthenes. Tanzania: When Needy Girls Opt for Redlight. Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). 15 January 2018. 5 October 2015.
  9. Book: Finke. Jens. Stedman. Henry. The Rough guide to Tanzania. 2010. Rough Guides. London. 978-1848360754. 3rd. registration.
  10. Web site: Tairo. Apolinari. Italians and their "sexcapades" in East Africa. eTurboNews (eTN). 15 January 2018. 9 January 2009.
  11. Web site: McQue. Katie. How mass tourism is helping to spread HIV in Zanzibar. New Internationalist. 15 January 2018. en. 11 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Crous. Marisa. Sex tourism in Africa: European women who pay for sex with locals. W24. 15 January 2018. 15 July 2016.
  13. Book: Francoeur. Robert T.. Reiss. Ira L.. Noonan. Raymond J.. Opiyo-Omolo. Beldina. Perper. Timothy. The Continuum complete international encyclopedia of sexuality. 2006. Continuum. New York, NY. 978-0826414885. Updated, with more countries..
  14. 'UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report 2012. 7. 2012. UNAIDS.
  15. Marsland. Rebecca. December 2012. (Bio)Sociality and HIV in Tanzania: Finding a Living to Support a Life. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 26. 4. 470–485. 10.1111/maq.12002. 23361880. 0745-5194.
  16. Web site: The HIV rebound nobody is discussing | Updates | PBS NewsHour . PBS . 5 November 2013. 11 February 2014.
  17. Web site: HIV prevalence amongst sex workers . www.aidsinfoonline.org . UNAIDS . 22 July 2018 . 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130109/http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/vc/vcshare.html?id=d9c0ff12-f62c-44e7-8e2c-dbe736bbea30 . 22 July 2018 . dead .
  18. Web site: United Republic of Tanzania 2017 Country factsheet. UNAIDS. 23 July 2018.
  19. News: Tourists Influx Sparks HIV/AIDS In Zanzibar. 5 April 2000. Dar es Salaam. TOMRIC News Agency. Hartford Web Publishing.
  20. Web site: Tanzania 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703181530/https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271296.htm. dead . 3 July 2017. U.S. Department of State. 14 January 2018.

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