Prostitution is widespread and takes place on the street, bars, hotels, brothels and the cabs of long-distance trucks.
[6][5][7] In 2013, the Botswana's Ministry of Health estimated there were more than 1,500 Zimbabwean sex workers in the country, mainly in Gaborone, Francistown and Kasane,[8] out of a total of about 4,000 prostitutes in those three areas.
[9][10] Although homosexuality is stigmatised in the country, male prostitution is on the increase in Botswana, especially in Gaborone, Palapye, Francistown, Maun, Kasane and Kazungula.
[13] Feminist activists including Resego Kgosidintsi have pushed for the legalization of sex work in Botswana as a method of decreasing secrecy and violence against women.
The national HIV prevalence rate among adults ages 15 to 49 is 24.8 percent, which is the third highest in the world, behind Lesotho and Eswatini.
Botswana girls and women are possibly exploited in prostitution within the country, including in bars and by truck drivers along major highways.