‘They demand sex in exchange for fish’: Women in Trump’s USAID cuts at risk of exploitation

Women in Zambian villages are forced into “sex-for-fish" exploitation as worst drought in decades takes its toll; and crucial USAID programs lose funding - (ActionAid)

In remote fishing villages in Zambia hit by poverty and drought, women and girls are falling victim to exploitative practices where fishermen pressure them into sex in exchange for fish.

“They don't ask for money,” said Martha*, a fish trader in Zambia who experienced this first-hand: “They demand sex.”