Climatic Catastrophe In Zimbabwe Pushes Young Girls Into Sex Trade

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Prolonged droughts, loss of livestock and similar climatic challenges have pushed many young girls from the continent of Africa into city bounds, fending for themselves through sex trade.

A human rights report found out that from the Hwange district in northwestern Zimbabwe itself, many teenage girls have moved to urban areas to escape the effects of climate change.

Speak to residents and they agree that this has happened as their fields are just not producing enough to feed people at home. Do these girls send money back home? This isn’t a guarantee either.

Many are with friends and have shifted to sex trade post pandemic as there was not work to support their livelihood in the cities either. The city of Hwange is said to be notorious for sex trade, drug trafficking and violence amongst young.

Teenage girls can be seen gathering at a spot popularly known as the ‘booster’, where a tall communications tower shoots into the sky. During the day, the area is quiet, with few people around. However, once night falls it is a beehive of activity as sex workers solicit clients.

Most girls agree that despite having no option to study due to poverty, there is no way to earn a decent living as farming lands are growing dry and climatic conditions are making survival next to impossible.

Some parts of Africa are also affected by flash floods leading to complete destruction of farming fields and loss of livelihood. This is another bad result of climate change. As sex trade becomes the next best option to earn money, many of these teenage girls have also had to endure sexual abuse and assault from clients who sometimes refuse to pay after their sexual escapades. These include young boys, prominent public figures, rich and old men. In Zimbabwe, it is a criminal offence to solicit for sex, which makes it difficult for young women to report wrongdoing against them to the police.

Girls moving into cities for sex trade are coming primarily from Zimbabwe but official statistics of how many are actually into the trade remains unknown. 

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