ABSTRACT
When you are poor, you have limited power to make choices about your own body. Most decisions are made for you by either culture/traditions or the government. For adolescents, their right to bodily autonomy has been severely constrained, leaving them with no agency, resources, knowledge or skills to protect themselves. Along the Lake regions, fishing is the main source of livelihood. Many families survive on fishing, as a source of food and income they use to cover basic expenses such as schooling costs. Fishers are exposed to risks such as HIV and alcoholism; and due to limited financial literacy, many are unable to educate their daughters on ways of accessing better livelihood opportunities from the little fishing earnings. The patriarchal culture that underlies the widespread jaboya tradition continues to rob girls and women of their agency and voice.
