Two dollars with or without a condom
Description
Ethiopia has become to the Arab world what Thailand is to European tourists. Prostitution in Ethiopia has increased incredibly in recent years. In one section of Addis Ababa, some 130,000 girls support themselves by selling their bodies. Most of them are under eighteen, and many even under fourteen. In this probing documentary we meet the victims, girls that have been orphaned, or thrown out by their family, or are hoping to find a better life. They are compelled to turn to prostitution to survive. The young ones, like nine-year-old Yashwarek, don t even earn enough money to buy food. The older ones earn more, about $2 a night, but yearn to work the luxury hotels as high class prostitutes. Virtually all the girls are HIV positive. Condoms are seldom used, even though they are distributed free in many places. Customers, believing the youngest girls are HIV-free, seek them out, which in term keeps lowering the age of girls becoming HIV infected. Some attempts by agencies are being made to help these girls, but they face heavy odds.
Runtime
40 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1997
Database
Alexander Street
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