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{{short description|Overview of the legality and practice of prostitution in Guatemala}}
'''Prostitution in Guatemala''' is legal but [[procuring (prostitution)|procuring]] is prohibited.<ref name="procon">{{cite web|title=100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies|url=https://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772#guatemala|website=Procon|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> There is an offence of “aggravated procuring” where a minor is involved.<ref name="ips">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2006/10/guatemala-where-sexual-exploitation-of-minors-is-not-a-crime/|title=GUATEMALA: Where Sexual Exploitation of Minors Is Not a Crime - Inter Press Service|date=13 October 2006|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref> Keeping a [[brothel]] is not prohibited.<ref name="procon" />
 
Prostitution is widespread in Guatemala; [[UNAIDS]] estimate there to be 26,000 prostitutes in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016 |url=http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/dv/PivotData_2018_7_22_636678151733621264.htm |website=www.aidsinfoonline.org |publisher=UNAIDS |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604174922/http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/dv/PivotData_2018_7_22_636678151733621264.htm |archive-date=4 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Guatemala City]] alone has 9 [[red-light district]]s,<ref name="wnn">{{cite web|last1=Wallace Bowman|first1=Hannah|title=Guatemala women sex-workers live in a dangerous 'twilight' world - Woman News Network (WNN)|url=https://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/03/17/guatemala-women-sex-workers-world/|website=Woman News Network (WNN)|access-date=2 January 2018|date=17 March 2014}}</ref> including La Linea, El Trebol and Parque Concordia.<ref name="mujer">{{cite web|title=MuJER Guatemala - Our story|url=http://mujerguatemala.org/about-us/our-story/|website=MuJER Guatemala|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> Statistics from the Vigilancia Centinela de las Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual (VICITS) sexual health clinics from 2007 to 2011, showed 10.8 of the sex workers worked on the streets, the rest working indoors at strip clubs, brothels based at residential homes, bars etc.<ref name="plos">{{cite journal|last1=Morales-Miranda|first1=Sonia|last2=Jacobson|first2=Jerry O.|last3=Loya-Montiel|first3=Itzel|last4=Mendizabal-Burastero|first4=Ricardo|last5=Galindo-Arandi|first5=César|last6=Flores|first6=Carlos|last7=Chen|first7=Sanny Y.|title=Scale-Up, Retention and HIV/STI Prevalence Trends among Female Sex Workers Attending VICITS Clinics in Guatemala|pmc=4148235|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=9|issue=8|pages=e103455|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103455|pmid=25167141|date=28 August 2014|bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j3455M|doi-access=free}}</ref>
 
[[Child sex tourism]] is a problem in the country especially in areas such as [[Antigua Guatemala|Antigua]] and [[Guatemala City]].<ref name="dw">{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-forced-into-prostitution-in-guatemala/av-18993923|title=World in Progress: Forced into prostitution in Guatemala - All media content - DW.COM - 20.01.2016|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>
 
[[Human trafficking]] is also a significant and growing problem in the country, particularly the exploitation of children in prostitution. Many women and children are brought into the country from [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[Honduras]] by organized rings that force them into prostitution.<ref name="US state">{{cite web|url= https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119161.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090226175235/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119161.htm|url-status=dead |archive-date= 26 February 2009|title=2008 Human Rights Report: Guatemala|date=25 February 2009|website=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor|publisher=U.S. Department of State|access-date=7 May 2009}}</ref>
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===La Linea All-Stars===
In 2004,<ref name="imbd">{{cite web|last1=Rodríguez|first1=Chema|title=Estrellas de La Línea|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499019/|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=1 January 2018|date=12 May 2006}}</ref> some of the prostitutes formed a [[five-a-side football]] team to bring attention to the indignities and dangers of their lives.<ref name="theusa">{{cite web|last1=Parsfield|first1=Matthew|title=The beautiful game on the other side of the tracks - RSA|url=https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/rsa-blogs/2014/06/the-beautiful-game-on-the-other-side-of-the-tracks|website=The USA|access-date=1 January 2018|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> They joined a local league and their first match was against a high class private girls ' school. During the game the parents found out how the team playing their daughters were and had the game stopped. Following this the team was expelled from the league.<ref name="beeb" /><ref name="theusa" />
 
As a result of the publicity surrounding the incident, a local travel company sponsored them to go on a tour of Guatemala, playing against other teams<ref name="theusa" /> including other teams of prostitutes, such as the "Tigers of Desire", a team from a brothel in [[Flores, El Petén|Flores]].<ref name="beeb" /> The tour attracted adverse publicity from moral conservatives and sponsorship was withdrawn.<ref name="theusa" />
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==HIV==
{{main|HIV/AIDS in Guatemala}}
With less thanabout 1 [[percent]] of the adult population estimated to be [[HIV]]-positive, Guatemala is considered to have a concentrated [[epidemic]].<ref name="usaid">[http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/lac/guatemala_profile.pdf "Health Profile: Guatemala"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913115448/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/lac/guatemala_profile.pdf |date=13 September 2008 }}. [[United States Agency for International Development]] (June 2008). Accessed 7 September 2008. {{PD-notice}}</ref> In 2008, national HIV prevalence among sex workers is 4 percent, and among street-based female sex workers prevalence is as high as 12 percent.<ref name="usaid" /> Following national and local awareness campaigns, education on sexual health and [[condom]] distribution, the HIV prevalence rate amongst sex workers dropped to 1.6% in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIV prevalence amongst sex workers |url=http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/vc/vcshare.html?id=d9c0ff12-f62c-44e7-8e2c-dbe736bbea30 |website=www.aidsinfoonline.org |publisher=UNAIDS |access-date=22 July 2018 |date=2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130109/http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/vc/vcshare.html?id=d9c0ff12-f62c-44e7-8e2c-dbe736bbea30 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Child prostitution==
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[[Category:Prostitution by country|Guatemala]]
[[Category:Prostitution in North America|Guatemala]]
[[Category:GuatemalanSociety societyof Guatemala]]
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