Child sex workers
Child sex workers
275000 red light areas in our country and almost 52 lakh childern are involved in this business. almost 20 lakh girls started work in the age of 5 to 15 years. Accroding a report of international organision for migration, almost 5 lakh unadult girls are involved in this business in eastren europ. every year, turnover of prostitution is about 42.5 arab dollar. accroding to paul university research, 7 hundred girls below 9 year old come in india from nepal every year for prostitution. 1 to 2 lakh nepali girls are involved in prostitution in india now. 60 to 80% prostitutes are suffering from many STD. 2.6% nepali girls, 2.17% bangladeshi girls are doing prostitution in india now. 60% prostitutions come from S.T. and S.C. communities.
One chid prostitute have sex 3 or 4 time in a day and income distribute in six peoples. prostitues are living in very bad conditions.
Many surveys have been conducted to find out the extent of child prostitution. Dr. Gilada's paper on perspectives and positional problems of social intervention" shows that,
"70% of women are forced into prostitution and 20% of these are child prostitutes."
Statistics of the survey done show:-
City Population Prostitute Population
Bombay 10 million 100,000
Calcutta 9 million 100,000
Delhi 7 million 40,000
Agra 3 million 40,000
A survey conducted by Indian Health Organization of a red light area of Bombay shows:-
1. 20% of the one lakh prostitutes are children.
2. 25% of the child prostitutes had been abducted and sold.
3. 6% had been raped and sold.
4. 8% had been sold by their fathers after forcing them into incestuous relationships.
5. 2 lakh minor girls between ages 9yrs-20yrs were brought every year from Nepal to India and 20,000 of them are in Bombay brothels.
6. 15% to 18% are adolescents between 13 yrs and 18 yrs.
7. 15% of the women in prostitution have been sold by their husbands
8. Of 200m suffering from sexually transmitted diseases in the world 50m alone were in India.
9. 15% of them are devdasis.
Child Sex Workers: We have already mentioned in the previous section the development model that pushes the. IN this consumerism also plays its role. Their traditional role and place in the social structure is under threat because of non-implementation of land reform and rural development scheme. Increasing economic pressures are compelling them to cater to the needs of new social dispensation. In this regard it may be noted that is some section of rural society in Rajasthan, prostitution has spread on a wider scale as a result of attraction of the glitter of urban life and development of internal and foreign tourism.
It is estimated that here are about 2.5 million sex workers in the country and out of these slightly less than half a million are 768 girl sex workers in the category of children and has put out some eye opening facts. They have found that of these about 48 percent were pushed into in procession by 'friends'. About 33 percent are the victims of relatives' machinations. About 50 percent of the cases were of those who started working here at the age of 14 to 15 years; 42 percent between the ages of 11 to 13 years and the reset were less than this age group when they were pushed into this life of degradation. Some girls of under the age of 7 0r 8 years are sent to learn etiquette. There are some social groups in Rajasthan who have been traditionally contributing to the flesh trade.
During the last 10 years tourism has increased and with it has come the scourge of AIDS. In Rajasthan old forts and havelis are being turned into high class and fashionable, tourist resorts. This has brought the wave of T.V., cinema, and consumerism to the surrounding rural areas also. All these have a combined effect to link these areas to urban child labour and child prostitution market.
It is estimated that about three lakh prostitutes under the age of 16 years in Indian brothels are from Nepal. We are told that a large percentage of prostitution in Pakistan are from Bangladesh. Such facts relate poverty to this type of exploitation. Children and Psychotherapy Encourage self confidence and self improvement in children Hypnosis can help combat Child Obesity Four Cool Bunk Bed Styles For Your Kids NLP Confidence workshops for your children Excellent Child Bedding Concern Factors to Consider When Buying Children's Rockers How can you make personalized child boy gifts? Getting a the Right Bike for Your Kids – a Shopping Guide Happy Child Guide Review - Will This Popular Parenting Guide Help You End Bad Behavior! - Get Help Kids Pretend Makeup Why should you purchase monogrammed baby boy gifts? How you can get your baby boy gifts personalized