JABOYA

 

No More Sex for Fish

Due in part to the practice of jaboya — that is “sex for fish” — nearly a quarter of Ugandans living near the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria have HIV — while national averages hover around 5 percent for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. That’s because women who sell fish but don’t catch them from the lake themselves are forced to trade sex for their share as the growing population of the region faces food insecurity, says Chris Macoloo of the Oklahoma City-headquartered global nonprofit World Neighbors. Now, East African women have an opportunity to break out of the jaboya trap with the emergence of fish farming initiatives encouraging locals to breed fish in small ponds and tanks. They no longer need to buy lake fish from men. The result? Falling HIV rates and increased household rising.

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