FEATURE-Sex for fish: Women's reluctant trade on Kenya's Lake Victoria shore
As the fishermen bring their catch ashore, the sight of women buying fish with money is rare. The currency is sex.
ABIMBO, Kenya, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At midday in Abimbo village on the Kenyan shore of Lake Victoria, 32-year-old Rachel Atieno is busy spreading out her silver cyprinid fish to dry in the sun.
Atieno, a mother of five, has sold the fish since her husband died 10 years ago leaving her to support her family. With no other income, she was left with no option but to t