Making ends Meet

Many would d drastic things to support their family, take up more than one job, sell all of their possessions, maybe even steal. But how many would sell their bodies? Refugee who,end of Africa participate in "survival sex" to help get by. They engage in sexual activities with older men in return for food, money, tuition, etc. to help support their families. This is very common among the women who are not married and not a part of a refugee camp. 

With this, increases of becoming HIV and AIDS infected happens among many women. 80% of infections occur due to unprotected intercourse. Women ages 15-19 are the most infected and make up a significant among of the women population who have the disease. Women in Southern Africa become infected with HIV or AIDS as soon as they start having sex. One factor that is considered with survival sex is that men avoid using condoms becuase a women is so young and "pure" this contributes to the spread of HIV. 

"Focusing programmes on persuading girls to abstain from sex until marriage is of little help to many young women. In some places, the main HIV risk factor for a woman is the fact that she is faithful to a husband with previous or current other sex partners. This because young women, particularly teenagers, often marry men significantly older than they are, and these men are more likely to have had other partners and therefore are more likely to have been exposed to HIV. The fact that the balance of power in many relationships is tilted in favour of men can have life-or-death implications. Women and girls often lack the power to abstain from sex or to insist on condom use—even when they suspect that the man has had other sexual partners and might be infected with HIV. The desire, or pressure, for children, on the part of either spouse, may be another reason for not using condoms. " - See more at: http://www.unfpa.org/resources/survival-strategies-put-women-risk#sthash.5WNH1xal.dpuf