Betty, a 45-year-old sex worker, sits in her stall in Kisenyi slum. She has been working for the last 15 years to put her four children through school. Betty hides her face because her kids don’t know about her work
Betty spends four hours a day, five days a week in a brothel in the Kisenyi slum. On a good day, she makes 50,000 shillings or about $14.
The entrance to a brothel in the Kisenyi slum. The brothel hosts 80 women sex workers.
The entrance to the brothel where Betty works is in a narrow alley in Kisenyi slum.
The backside of the brothel. These structures are made from tin walls and wooden beams. A trash pit sits behind.
An unnamed pimp stands in front of the alleyway to the brothel. His job is connect potential clients in the streets with women looking for work.
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