Sex Worker

Sex Worker

Buying underage girls for sex is fuelled in part by a belief that sleeping with virgins has health benefits, such as long life and curing HIV (Photo - Khun Latt / Myanmar Now)

Poverty drives Myanmar girls into underage sex work

RANGOON — Sixteen-year-old Wut Yee, left to fend for herself and her younger brother, was relieved...

Published on Aug 13, 2015

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