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We were given the assignment to write about one social issue in Pakistan. We found a great number of social issues in Pakistan but the issue we chose is “Child Prostitution”. The reason behind choosing this particular issue is that this issue is much unattended on various levels. Recent case of child prostitution in Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan give us enough fuel and determination to raise our voice on this very embarrassing but highly important and sophisticated issue.
The first that arises is what is the cause? Second which age groups are more vulnerable or can be exploited easily? And third and final why this issue is unrecognized? The answers to these questions are not as hard to answer as they are considered to be.
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Now we came towards the consequences we facing due to child prostitution. The first and foremost important consequence is regarding health. There are many researches which acknowledges that child prostitution result in severe health issues. But when I search the health data I found little to nothing because studies regarding child prostitution is not published or if published they are very hard to access. So we are going with the raw facts that health issues with child prostitution are HIV/AIDS, Immature mortality, STD’s/STI’s, mental disturbance and attempted …show more content…

NGO’s have been playing the main role in implementing these preventive measures. However Government is active in very little areas mainly by supporting law enforcement agencies. Several campaigns are launched against the child abuse but the area of demand for child prostitution remains untouched. There are several NGO’s who are playing very active role in the prevention for example by establishing centres for exploited girls and boys, drop-in centres for street children’s in urban

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