‘People see us as trash’: pandemic locks Ethiopian girls into sex work

Desperate minors see no other way, but also risk being sex trafficked or trapped into forced labour

09 November 2020 - 19:57 By Emeline Wuilbercq

When Selam fled her village at the age of 11 to avoid being wed to a much older man in northern Ethiopia, she was relieved and excited to forge a future on her own terms. But that hope was short lived...

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