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Trading sex for fish: The dark secret of Lake Malawi

2019

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Author:

Silver, M.

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NPR (US National Public Radio)

Citation:

Silver, M. (2019). ‘Trading Sex For Fish: The Dark Secret Of Lake Malawi’. National Public Radio (NPR) (28 June 2019). Available at: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/28/736296041/the-dark-secret-of-lake-malawi-trading-sex-for- fish?t=1563532980515

A crowd of fish traders forms around a boat at Lake Malawi laden with usipa, a species of small sardine-like fish that are dried and sold all over the country.

Synopsis

News article on the practice of sex-for-fish in Lake Malawi.

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence
Fish Product Processing, Fisheries, Wild-Caught Fisheries
Kenya, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa
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News Article

Sustainable Development Goals

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