Prostitution is the most documented &
visible form of trafficking. But in the case of children, it
is always forced prostitution and therefore must not be used
interchangeably with 'sex-work', which may also be taken up
voluntarily.
Their playground is the brothel, they are
the playthings and toys of lust. India reportedly has the
world's largest concentration of child prostitutes,
accounting for 1 in every 4 of the global number. India's
children are no strangers to exploitation, but none of it is
as brutish as the terror to which these particularly
unfortunate children have been subjected. Raped at 10,
tortured and starved into submission at 11, an abortion at
12 - and sexually violated 10 times a day till age and AIDS
throws them onto the streets.
The children of indigenous peoples and
ethnic minorities are especially vulnerable to trafficking.
They often do not share the language, educational access or
even the right to citizenship of the majority population. So
they lack the economic opportunities, the knowledge and the
rights which could help protect them from traffickers and
pimps.
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