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Prostitution in Panama is legal and regulated. Prostitutes are required to register and carry identification cards. However, the majority of prostitutes are not registered; 2,650 sex workers were registered with the government in 2008, but there was no accurate information regarding the total number of persons practicing prostitution in the country.〔(2008 Human Rights Report: Panama ). State.gov (2009-02-25). Retrieved on 2011-03-30.〕 Prostitutes are known to gather in front of tourist areas such as hotels and casinos. Many prostitutes in Panama, are not only Panamanian but Colombians who come to earn money as well. They are considered to charge higher prices for their services. The average cost for local girls (Panamanians) are $30.00 to $50.00 while Colombian women ask for as much as $100.00.〔"Underage Prostitutes Walk the streets of Central America." PANAMA TIMES & COSTA RICA TIMES. Templar Panama, 21 Dec. 2009. Web. 6 Dec. 2013.〕 Prostitutes may adopt street names and start to belong to a new family while leaving their original family for work. Being a sex worker where sexually transmitted diseases are rampant, prostitutes receive no pension plan or retirement from their field of work. Many are left with incarceration if caught, an addiction to drugs, and HIV which then progresses towards AIDS.〔Tricking and Tripping: Prostitution in the Era of AIDS. Claire E. Sterk Putnam Valley, NY: Social Change Press, 2000. 178.〕〔Bletzer, Keith V. (2008, January 7). (of the book Tricking and Tripping: Prostitution in the Era of AIDS by C. E. Sterk ). Sociocultural Anthropology, 261, 262.〕 In some places, prostitution is very much accepted because many see advantages more than disadvantages to it. A beneficial argument from plantation workers has been that homosexuality amongst workers decrease with the idea of female prostitutes. But with some of the acceptance of prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases increase and are still rising along with human trafficking.〔Enloe, Cynthia H. Bananas, beaches & bases: making feminist sense of international politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. 141.〕 The principal traffickers in the country are owners of houses of prostitution, and most transnational trafficking occurs using valid travel documents and is conducted through official ports of entry. The PNP Sex Crimes Unit reported that most victims trafficked into the country came from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Central America. The primary destinations for people trafficked from the country are Jamaica and Europe.〔 == HIV/AIDS in Panama == HIV/AIDS statistics in October 2003 for Latin American countries lists Panama as one of the four with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence. “According to the document titled HIV/AIDS in Central America: An Overview of the Epidemic and Priorities for Prevention, HIV adult prevalence seems to be highest in Belize (2 percent), followed by Honduras (1.6 percent), Panama (1.5 percent), Guatemala (1 percent), El Salvador (0.6 percent), Costa Rica (0.6 percent), and Nicaragua (0.2 percent), based on UNAIDS estimates”. According to HIV/AIDS in Central America: An Overview of the Epidemic and Priorities for Prevention, the cause of this disease is assumed to be from heterosexual sex yet it’s also prevalent in high-risk populations among men being sexually active with other men, prostitutes, and commercial workers. With men being the highest ones with the disease, women are beginning to catch up to them.〔"HIV/AIDS in Central America." Worldbank. The World Bank, n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.〕 In 2000, public and private financing given to public health and HIV prevention activities was $800,000 in Panama.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prostitution in Panama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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