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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=February 2020}}▼ {{short description\|Overview of the legality and practice of prostitution in Africa}} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~February~~December ~~2020~~2022}} [[Image:Prostitution in Africa2.svg\|thumb\|right\|400px\| {{legend\|#00ffff\|Decriminalization – no criminal penalties for prostitution}} {{legend\|#008000\|Legalization – prostitution legal and regulated}} Line 194: Prostitution in [[Kenya]] is widespread.<ref name="Tlsp" /> The legal situation is complex. Although prostitution is not criminalised by National law, municipal by-laws may prohibit prostitution.<ref name="nswpken">{{cite web\|title=Nairobi County Assembly Bans Sex Work in the City\|url=http://www.nswp.org/news/nairobi-county-assembly-bans-sex-work-the-city\|website=NSWP\|access-date=17 December 2017\|date=12 December 2017}}</ref> ([[Nairobi]] banned all sex work in December 2017).<ref name="nswpken" /> It is illegal to profit from the prostitution of others, and to aid, abet, compel or incite prostitution. (Sections 153 and 154 of the Penal Code).<ref name="spl" /> Many foreign men and women take part in sex tourism, which is thriving at resorts along Kenya's coast. Thousands of girls and boys are involved in full-time child prostitution<ref>[https://www.unicef.es/noticia/la-explotacion-sexual-de-menores-en-kenia-alcanza-una-dimension-horrible La explotación sexual de menores en Kenia alcanza una dimensión horrible – UNICEF España]. Unicef.es (17 January 2007). Retrieved on 9 May 2011~~-05-09~~.</ref> due to poverty in the region. {{clear}} Line 372: }} {{main\|Prostitution in Zimbabwe}} Prostitution in [[Zimbabwe]] and related acts, including solicitation, procuring, and keeping a brothel, are illegal<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18234.htm \|title=Zimbabwe - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2002 \|publisher=United States Department of State \|date=31 March 2003 \|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/CsaZimbabwe.pdf \|title=Legislation of Interpol member states on sexual offences against children - Zimbabwe \|publisher=Interpol \|access-date=25 January 2010 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070714222520/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/CsaZimbabwe.pdf \|archive-date=14 July 2007}}</ref> but thriving.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3624252.ece \|title=Zimbabwean children who sell their bodies ten times a day just to buy bread \|first1=Catherine \|last1=Philp \|work=The Times \|date=26 March 2008 \|access-date=25 January 2010 \| location=London}}</ref><ref>[http://www.zimbojam.com/pics-video/in-pictures/everyday-zimbabwe/item/473-moving-prostitution-behind-closed-gates Moving Prostitution behind Closed Gates Zimbo Jam Oct 5 2012] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114221930/http://www.zimbojam.com/pics-video/in-pictures/everyday-zimbabwe/item/473-moving-prostitution-behind-closed-gates \|date=14 January 2013 }}</ref> Zimbabwe's dire economic situation has forced many women into sex work.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.trcbnews.com/mothers-in-zimbabwe-turn-to-prostitution-despite-aids-epidemic/118777/ \|title=Mothers In Zimbabwe Turn To Prostitution Despite AIDS Epidemic \|work=TRCB News \|date=~~August~~ 15, August 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019031020/http://www.trcbnews.com/mothers-in-zimbabwe-turn-to-prostitution-despite-aids-epidemic/118777/ \|archive-date=~~2013-10-~~19 October 2013}}</ref> In 1983 there was a major effort to eliminate sex work in post-independence Zimbabwe by rounding up hundreds of women and detaining them until they could prove they were not involved in the trade, otherwise they were sent to resettlement camps. A number of women's groups supported this as strengthening marriage.<ref>{{cite journal\|jstor=3178033\|title=Women in Zimbabwe: Postindependence Struggles\|first1=Gay W.\|last1=Seidman\|date=13 April 1984\|journal=Femin÷ist Studies\|volume=10\|issue=3\|pages=419–440\|doi=10.2307/3178033}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \| first1=C S \|last1=Jacobs \|first2=T \|last2=Howard \|chapter=Women in Zimbabwe: Stated policy and State action \|chapter-url=https://books.google.es/books?id=nwItHXkm25cC&pg=PA28&lr=&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false \|editor-first=Haleh \|editor-last=Afshar \|edition=9 \|title=Women, State, and Ideology: Studies from Africa and Asia \|publisher=SUNY Press \|year=1987 \|isbn=9780791494332}}</ref> Line 411: \| publisher = UNESCO \| access-date = 22 April 2017 }}</ref> The god [[Amun]] indulged in sexual activity with many women under a religious guise. Families often gave their most beautiful daughters to the priests of his temple. As soon as they grew too old for the tastes of the priests they were allowed to leave. Many practised prostitution until they were married.<ref name="unesco" /> {{clear}}

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