CHILD Prostituion
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CHILD PROSTITUTION
"The commercial sexual exploitation of children is a fundamental violation of children's rights. It compromises sexual abuse by the adult and the child is treated as a sexual object and as a commercial object. The commercial sexual exploitation of children constitutes a form of coercion and violence against children, and amounts to forced labour and a contemporary form of slavery." (The declaration and agenda of the world congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children (1996)) There are three main forms of sexual exploitation of children. These are prostitution, pornography, and trafficking for sexual purposes. The main focus of this paper is child prostitution, the use of a child in sexual activities of any form of sexual consideration. Sexual exploitation of children through prostitution is an age old and global problem. In some countries it has existed for centuries, embedded in historical and cultural practices. They say that children are even more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases than adults. Fifty to seventy percent of females are rescued from exploitation have been effected by HIV...