Child labor and child prostitution go hand-in-hand in Lebanon.
According to a recent NGO survey most boys/girls prostitutes were former child workers who start working at as young as 8 years old, critical period in a child’s life when they are most easily groomed/influenced.
However, what this article doesn’t tell you is that those children in the child trade in Lebanon, are not only Lebanese children, but also Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian children.
Child labor and child prostitution go hand-in-hand in Lebanon.
According to a recent NGO survey most boys/girls prostitutes were former child workers who start working at as young as 8 years old, critical period in a child’s life when they are most easily groomed/influenced.
However, what this article doesn’t tell you is that those children in the child trade in Lebanon, are not only Lebanese children, but also Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian children.