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Zimbabwe Girls Trade Sex for Food


World  (tags: government, Zimbabwe, HumanRights, children, poverty, politics, conflict, corruption )

Dee
- 172 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the Children says.
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Dee C. (514)
Friday June 12, 2009, 6:18 am
"The aid agency says increasing poverty is leading girls as young as 12 to sell their bodies for as little as a packet of biscuits.

It also claims that the coming football World Cup in neighbouring South Africa could soon make things worse.

Unemployment in Zimbabwe is thought to top 90% and many cannot afford to pay for food, medical care or school fees.

The deputy head teacher of a large school with 1,500 pupils east of Victoria Falls told the BBC that hundreds of her female students are now selling their bodies for whatever they can get.

"It could be books, it could be biscuits, chips, some even just to be given a hug."

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Past Member (0)
Saturday June 13, 2009, 5:40 am
I just saw the video.
This heart breaking, no one should have to live like this.
Thank you, Dee for sharing.
 

Simone D. (892)
Saturday June 13, 2009, 5:44 am
I agree with Birdie, heart breaking. Thank you Dee.
 

ROBIN M. (312)
Saturday June 13, 2009, 8:37 am
BELIEVE IT OR NOT UNITED STATES GIRLS ARE DOING THE SAME THING, IT GOES ON ALL OVER THE WORLD. A GIRL WILL DO WHAT SHE HAS TO TO SURVIVE NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.
 

Tierney G. (302)
Saturday June 13, 2009, 9:40 am
Sad that that is the only way a girl can get anywhere under those circumstances. Still live in a world where girls and women are not valued.
 
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