Prostitution in Eritrea
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Prostitution in Eritrea is legal[1] and regulated.[2] Official figures state there are around 2,000 prostitutes in the country,[1] who are not allowed to operate near schools, hospitals, and churches.[2] According to the 2009 Human Rights Reports, security forces occasionally follow women engaged in prostitution and arrest those who had spent the night with a foreigner.[3] Some women enter prostitution due to poverty.[4][5][6][7] Prostitutes are known locally as "shermuta" in Arabic, or "mnzerma" and "me'amn" in Tigrinya.