Sweatshops

In a place 8,865 km from here, situated in South Asia, lays the country of Bangladesh. In this male dominated society, are 17 brothels, all legally operating under a licence (ActionAid, 2010) Behind these brothel walls, sit girls as young as 11, CLICK waiting to sell their bodies to men in order to make enough money to feed themselves (Viral Nova, 2013). Although this is a breach of human rights, the domestic government fails to adequately adhere to the basic human needs and rights of their citizens.

It is estimated that 13,000 children living in Bangladesh are victims of the sex industry (ACR, 2002). CLICK Many of these inexperienced girls have “husbands” or frequent “lovers” that live outside the brothel, who in exchange for security take sex and money from them (Jardin, 2012). CLICK There are three main reasons on how children may find themselves in a brothel:CLICK 1. Strangers can easily entice young village girls by offering domestic employment or notorious sweatshops, before selling them to a brothel. CLICK 2. A man may arrive into the village and lavish a young girl with attention. Slowly allowing her to fall in love and promising to marry her, before taking her away and selling her off. CLICK 3. To be born in the brothel. When their mothers are with clients, the babies are hidden under the bed or may be put

Non-government organisations focus on not only the victims of the human rights issue, but their family as well. The World Vision organisation are even monitoring the victims children to ensure they are not be trafficked to other countries. CLICK Not only this, but they provide victims with medicine, clothing, counselling and testing for diseases. Staff are trained to provide and equip vulnerable families in income generating activities, such as raising poultry and sewing. As a result, a families income increases and the chances of their children being sold