No Sex for Fish

'No Sex for Fish', 2015

Jaboya is a phenomenon in which women are forced to have sex to buy fish. In Kisumu in Kenya, the practice is subjugating women and spreading HIV around its shores.

Jaboya is a phenomenon in which women are forced to have sex to buy fish. In Kisumu in Kenya, the practice is subjugating women and spreading HIV around its shores.

Director

Carrie Cui

Runtime

19 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary, Short

Keywords

gender, kenya, prostitution, sex trafficking

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No Sex for Fish

Carrie Cui, 2015

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16:9 HD

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Awards

San Francisco Film Awards

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2015

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Award of Excellence

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Jaboya is a phenomenon in which women are forced to have sex to buy fish. In Kisumu in Kenya, the practice is subjugating women and spreading HIV around its shores.

No Sex For Fish is a documentary about women and sex trading within a fishing community in Kisumu, Kenya with known high HIV rates. It profiles several people, mostly women, who live under different circumstances; with or without a boat. Yet all, and in some ways the men themselves, face the exploitation and negative impact of massive gender inequality. The film explores the reasons and hardship beneath the surface of 'pesco-prostitution' called in the local Luo tongue "Jaboya" and questions the No Sex For Fish project and that of the "hope for a boat" within the community.

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Jaboya is a phenomenon in which women are forced to have sex to buy fish. In Kisumu in Kenya, the practice is subjugating women and spreading HIV around its shores.

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No Sex For Fish is a documentary about women and sex trading within a fishing community in Kisumu, Kenya with known high HIV rates. It profiles several people, mostly women, who live under different circumstances; with or without a boat. Yet all, and in some ways the men themselves, face the exploitation and negative impact of massive gender inequality. The film explores the reasons and hardship beneath the surface of 'pesco-prostitution' called in the local Luo tongue "Jaboya" and questions the No Sex For Fish project and that of the "hope for a boat" within the community.

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