It is estimated that there are more than three million minors who feed prostitution networks. This increasingly lucrative phenomenon is becoming evermore widespread. Child prostitution designates the use of children for sexual activities in exchange for remuneration or another form of retribution gifts, food, clothes, etc. This activity is included under the umbrella term of sexual exploitation. These children work on the streets or in establishments such as brothels, clubs, massage parlours, bars, hotels, or restaurants.
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Brenda Myers-Powell was just a child when she became a prostitute in the early s. Here she describes how she was pulled into working on the streets and why, three decades later, she devoted her life to making sure other girls don't fall into the same trap. Some people will find Brenda's account upsetting. Right from the start life was handing me lemons, but I've always tried to make the best lemonade I can. I grew up in the s on the West Side of Chicago. My mother died when I was six months old. She was only 16 and I never learned what it was that she died from - my grandmother, who drank more than most, couldn't tell me later on. The official explanation is that it was "natural causes".
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France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites. The not-for-profit group said it took the allegations seriously - which according to the BBC involved logistical staff, and not doctors or nurses - but said it had so far been unable to confirm the claims and urged anyone with information to come forward. The aid industry has been shaken by reports of sexual wrongdoing since it emerged in February that Oxfam staff paid for sex in Haiti during a relief mission after a earthquake. She said some of the older, long-standing male aid workers took advantage of their positions. She questioned what the charity knew, saying: "There's definitely a feeling that certain predatory men were seen as too big to fail. Another female employee who worked with HIV patients in central Africa said the use of local sex workers was widespread.
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