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ECPAT NZ Child Alert is concerned at reports of an increase
in the number of under-aged sex workers in South Auckland
and calls for increased protection of the young men and women involved.
All children need to be safeguarded from being exploited in this way.
ECPAT NZ Child Alert's research has shown that commercial
*** activity involving children occurs across the country
in rural areas, towns and cities.
Young sex workers are more likely to have been sexually abused,
have left or are pushed out from home very early.
In many cases,
they are forced into prostitution as they have no other way
of getting money to buy drugs, accommodation, and food
while some are seeking emotional contact and companionship.