Prostitution takes place all over the country, particularly in border areas, transport corridors, Walvis Bay and the capital Windhoek.
[4] Some, more up-market, sex workers are contacted by cell phone or the Internet and work in high-end clubs and hotels.
Other towns subsequently introduced similar regulations, including Okahandja, Karibib, Windhoek, Keetmanshoop, Luderitz, Tsumeb and Seeheim.
There were concerns about child prostitution, and in 1921 the Girls' and Mentally Defective Women's Protection Proclamation was introduced which set the age of consent at 16.
A new regulation was introduced in 1938 requiring all "native females" in Windhoek between 18 and 60, unless legally married and living with their husbands, to undergo a medical examination every 6 months.
[9] Many groups in Namibia actively oppose legalization and instead focus on providing skills to former sex workers.
Some groups approach the issue from a religious perspective, arguing that Namibia's population is overwhelmingly Christian and therefore should not accept what they consider an immoral profession.
[4] Reluctance to use condoms, lack of sexual health education and limited access to healthcare are cited as contributory factors.
[4] Namibia is a source and destination country for children, and to a lesser extent women, subjected to sex trafficking.
In 2014, an NGO reported persons in prostitution, some of whom may have been trafficking victims, were taken aboard foreign vessels off the Namibian coast.