 ISPLACED CHILDREN
 Who are the Sexually Exploited Children / Child Prostitutes ?
The sexually exploited children are mostly girls employed in the sex industry around the world. For most of them, they are the victims of traffic. The child is treated as a sexual object and as a commercial object.
There are 3 main ways children are sexually exploited:
  They are forced into prostitution.
They are exploited through pornography.
They are trafficked for sexual purposes.
Reality Situation of Sexually Exploited Children
The commercial sexual exploitation of children is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar
industry, drawing in over 1 million children each year worldwide.
Most of the children exploited in the sex trade are between the ages of 13 and 18,
although there is also
evidence of children younger than 5 being sexually exploited.
" Sex tourism " has been documented in Southeast Asia, North America and Eastern
Europe.
A large portion of child prostitutes catch sexually transmitted diseases ( including
HIV/AIDS ), are forced to have abortions, and suffer serious psychological trauma.
Many circumstances, such as poverty, lack of education, and parental pressure, force
children into the sex
industry.
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