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Around the world, millions of people are living in bondage.
They labor in fields and factories under brutal employers who threaten them
with violence if they try to escape. They work in homes for families that
keep them virtually imprisoned. They are forced to work as prostitutes or to
beg in the streets, fearful of the consequences if they fail to earn their
daily quota. They are women, men, and children of all ages, and they are
often held far from home with no money, no connections, and no way to ask for
help. [Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, |
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The Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street
Children - The term street children refers to children for whom the street more
than their family has become their real home.
It includes children who might not necessarily be homeless or without
families, but who live in situations where there is no protection,
supervision, or direction from responsible adults. [Human
Rights Watch] |
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Child Prostitution encompasses the exchange of
sexual services for remuneration or for other forms of consideration,
including food, housing, drugs, or other commodities or intangibles such as
approval or care. It is an age old and global problem that has existed
for centuries. Nevertheless, “Historians will look back in
puzzlement at the way our 21st century world tolerates the slavery of more
than a million children in brothels around the world” [Nicholas
D. Kristof, January 22, 2006] |
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The International Development Association (IDA), a branch
of the World Bank, lends money to the world’s poorest countries. In most cases, though, the assistance
hasn’t helped largely because recipients have failed to address the main
causes of their economic ruin -- corruption, repressed economies, weak judicial
systems and excessive state ownership of key enterprises. |
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