Ethiopian girls driven to prostitution
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And it is at the bus station where many young girls get drawn into prostitution. According to a recent survey carried out in Addis Ababa, child prostitution is on the rise. The report found that partly because of poverty an increasing number of girls come to the city to become sex workers. Urban migration The government, being a signatory to the charter on child rights as well as various international labour conventions, is obliged to wipe out what is considered by the United Nations to be the worst form of child labour. ” Some clients assume that children between the age of 13 and 14 are free from HIV infection ” Child Aid Ethiopia (Chadet) is one of the few charities dealing with child prostitution. Chadet’s director Anania Admasu says that many of these girls migrate from rural areas to urban centres in search of better opportunities. “But not all of them have a chance to track down their relatives, so they end up in the hands of people who take them to the pimps who promise to find them a job,” says Mr Admasu. More : news.bbc.co.uk |