Kenya: Sex Workers Face a Dilemma - to Work or Not During Covid-19

18 August 2020
analysis

Kenyan sex workers are being forced to choose between their health and their livelihoods.

Atieno* has been a sex worker for six years. A soft-spoken 24-year-old, she began her career in the lakeside city of Kisumu. Her day would typically begin either in the morning or evening when she would arrive at her spot and wait for customers. She would take them to a rented guest house and charge anything from 800 Kenyan shillings ($7.40) to 10,000 ($93) depending on how long she spent with them.

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