Ethiopia’s migrants turn to sex work as pandemic sends them home
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation As an Ethiopian working as a maid in Dubai, life was far from easy for Yemisrach. But when the coronavirus pandemic struck, forcing her to return home and take up sex work, things got a whole lot worse. Hiding her bruised face behind dark glasses, Yemisrach said she had been […]
“I just want to get out”: Ethiopian girls trapped in sex trade as COVID-19 deepens desperation
EMELINE WUILBERCQ, writing for Thomson Reutrers Foundation, reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has trapped girls in Ethiopia, many of them underage, in the sex trade…
Cheap as bread, girls sell sex to survive hunger crisis in Africa
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Young girls in southern Africa are selling sex – sometimes for less than the cost of bread – to survive a hunger crisis ensnaring tens of millions, aid agencies said last week. In Angola, girls of 12 sell themselves for as little as 40 cents to feed their families as the […]
SOUTH AMERICA: SEX TRADE FLOURISHES IN PERU’S AMAZON DESPITE CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL MINING
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, despite a military crackdown, prostitution is continuing around illegal mining activity in the Amazon…
Singapore tackles “pop up” sex but little help seen for victims
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Singapore is clamping down on landlords whose rental flats serve as “pop up” brothels but campaigners said on Thursday it would do little to help the women who are trafficked into sex work. The government announced tougher sentences this week in a bid to stamp out a trend for temporary […]
North Korean women tell of slavery and gang rape in Chinese cybersex dens
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls – some as young as nine – are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the reclusive state said on Monday. The sexual exploitation of North Koreans generates at least […]
BANGLADESH: “I ONLY DID IT FOR THE MONEY” – HOW CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT IS PUSHING GIRLS INTO PROSTITUTION
OTTO SIMONSSON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Dhaka…
AFRICA: MALAWI’S ABANDONED CHILD BRIDES PUSHED INTO SEX WORK AS “ONLY OPTION”
CHARLES PENSULO, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Australian Christian Lobby again urges state governments to adopt ‘Nordic approach’ to prostitution in light of Scottish support
The Australian Christian Lobby has again urged state governments around Australia to follow the example of Scotland’s ruling Scottish National Party and adopt the so-called “Nordic approach” to prostitution. The approach, which was backed by SNP members at their recent annual national conference, criminalises those that pay for sex and offers support for those wishing […]
Australian Christian Lobby backs anti-slavery commissioner proposal
The Australian Christian Lobby has backed suggestions Australia appoint an “anti-slavery commissioner”. ACL spokesperson Wendy Francis said the concept – aired by anti-slavery expert Professor Jennifer Burn on SBS’s Insight program – was badly needed to stop the trafficking of girls into Australian brothels, noting that human trafficking, of which sex trafficking is an aspect, […]