Women sell their fish at a market in Malawi in December 2007. Lake Malawi, Africa’s third largest lake, provides an economic lifeline to many fishing families. But overfishing is affecting many of these lives, with women being affected the most. According to a recent report in the NPR, if the supply of fish is low because of overfishing, several women may vie for a fisherman’s catch — and transactional sex may be used as a bargaining point.

First published in the June 28, 2019, 9:26 p.m. edition

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