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Prostitution in Mongolia
Prostitution in Mongolia is illegal but widespread in some areas. UNAIDS estimated there were about 7,300 sex workers in the country, based on government-reported data from the 2020–2024 Global AIDS Monitoring cycle. Some women in Mongolia turn to prostitution through poverty.
Sex trafficking and child prostitution, including child sex tourism, are problems in the country.
Although illegal, prostitution in Mongolia is on the rise, partially due to the growing mining industry.
In the capital, Ulaanbaatar, prostitution was previously centred on the park in front of Ulaanbaatar Hotel, where most wealthy westerners stayed when in the country. In recent years it has moved into karaoke bars, hotels, saunas and massage parlours. Women's activists claim there are hundreds of these establishments in the city. Whilst there are occasional raids by the police, the establishments generally operate untroubled by law enforcement.
The number of men employed at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine and the Tavan Tolgoi coal fields has led to a great rise in the number of sex workers in these areas.
Along the main highways leading to the China border, truck drivers will exchange diesel for sex. The prostitutes along the highways are known as "diesel girls".
As sex work in the country is underground due to the legal situation, sex workers have little access to sexual health services. STIs are high amongst sex workers with 30% having syphilis. The National AIDS Foundation fear an accelerated HIV spread.
Sex tourism occurs in the country. Police report that 1,500 women and adolescents are working in bars, massage parlours and hotels catering to foreigners and tourists.
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Prostitution in Mongolia
Prostitution in Mongolia is illegal but widespread in some areas. UNAIDS estimated there were about 7,300 sex workers in the country, based on government-reported data from the 2020–2024 Global AIDS Monitoring cycle. Some women in Mongolia turn to prostitution through poverty.
Sex trafficking and child prostitution, including child sex tourism, are problems in the country.
Although illegal, prostitution in Mongolia is on the rise, partially due to the growing mining industry.
In the capital, Ulaanbaatar, prostitution was previously centred on the park in front of Ulaanbaatar Hotel, where most wealthy westerners stayed when in the country. In recent years it has moved into karaoke bars, hotels, saunas and massage parlours. Women's activists claim there are hundreds of these establishments in the city. Whilst there are occasional raids by the police, the establishments generally operate untroubled by law enforcement.
The number of men employed at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine and the Tavan Tolgoi coal fields has led to a great rise in the number of sex workers in these areas.
Along the main highways leading to the China border, truck drivers will exchange diesel for sex. The prostitutes along the highways are known as "diesel girls".
As sex work in the country is underground due to the legal situation, sex workers have little access to sexual health services. STIs are high amongst sex workers with 30% having syphilis. The National AIDS Foundation fear an accelerated HIV spread.
Sex tourism occurs in the country. Police report that 1,500 women and adolescents are working in bars, massage parlours and hotels catering to foreigners and tourists.