Very young girls forced sex

These sexual initiations begin once menstruation starts and sometimes involve sticks being inserted inside the girls, Persilia Muianga of international aid agency World Vision said. She added that some mothers force young daughters to sleep with a man in the belief this can bring on menstruation. Anglican priest Jackson Jones Katete said initiations in Zambia happen among girls between the ages of eight and 13, and may involve girls being cut by women for not performing sexual movements correctly. And then the men come The training, which can last a week and is shrouded in secrecy, also teaches girls about hygiene, domestic duties and how to conduct themselves in the community, Muianga said, adding that community leaders fine parents if they do not take their daughters to the initiations.

A British woman has spoken about the six years she spent as a teenage sex slave in Greece and Italy. He persuaded her to join him in Athens and get jobs in cafes. Before long she was handed over to other pimps and worked in brothels and on streets across Greece and Italy. Speaking about one of the brothels she worked in, she said: "They [the men] were queuing up outside. There were 10 to 15 rooms in the same place and it's just Throughout this period, she contracted syphilis six times while her captors forced her to write postcards to her mother detailing how happy she was. It is really powerful.

In this file photo a young girl searches for shellfish on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique. These sexual initiations begin once menstruation starts and sometimes involve sticks being inserted inside the girls, Persilia Muianga of international aid agency World Vision said. She added that some mothers force young daughters to sleep with a man in the belief this can bring on menstruation. Anglican priest Jackson Jones Katete said initiations in Zambia happen among girls between the ages of eight and 13, and may involve girls being cut by women for not performing sexual movements correctly. And then the men come

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