HeForShe Campaign Tackles ‘Sex for Fish’ Abuse Malawi’s Lakeshore Communities By Benson Kunchezera Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/sex-fish-scandal-rocks-malawis-lakeshore-communities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-fish-scandal-rocks-malawis-lakeshore-communities LILONGWE, May 22 2025 (IPS) - Women in fishing communities in Malawi’s lakeshore districts of Nkhotakota and Mangochi are frequently targets of sexual exploitation for fish, a practice commonly known as ‘sex for fish.’ A recent report by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has unearthed disturbing accounts of women being coerced into transactional sex to access fish from male boat owners, exposing a widespread violation of their rights. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.