Project aids brothel children: sex workers' offspring will be educated.The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF PWRDF Primate's World Relief and Development Fund ) has agreed to fund a project in Jessore, Bangladesh, that educates children of sex workers to provide them with an alternative to life in the brothels, where they are often expected to work in the sex industry when they reach puberty and where they are exposed to sexual abuse. "Sex workers are considered to be a high-risk population group when it comes to addressing HIV/AIDS in Asia East Asia Compared with other regions, notably Africa and the Americas, the national HIV prevalence levels in East Asia are very low (0.1% in the adult (15-49) group). However, due to the large populations of many East Asian nations, this low national HIV prevalence still means Pacific," said Mahjabeen Chowdhury, PWRDF's Asia-Pacific co-ordinator, in a report. "The brothel children project appeared to be a good initiative to address the situation of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ." PWRDF has approved a grant of $20,000 over the next three years to Jagoroni Chakra chakra: see yoga. chakra In Hinduism and Tantra, any of 88,000 focal points in the human body where psychic forces and bodily functions can merge and interact. , a nongovernmental organization, which launched the project, Human Rights for Brothel Children and Their Mothers, in 2002. Jagoroni Chakra has built a residential school complex that today accommodates 178 children. Jessore, which borders India, has historically been a centre for trade and commerce. "This attracts a lot of migrant workers as well as traders and various types of business people," said Ms. Chowdhury. "As a result, a demand for sex workers was created and a number of brothels were established." Ms. Chowdhury said girls born in the brothels are expected to become sex workers when they reach puberty, while boys either become pimps or get involved in trafficking of narcotics. The Jagoroni Chakra school provides children with counseling, training on human rights and primary education (grades 1 to 5) before they move to mainstream government-run schools for further studies. In 2003, the United Nations declared Bangladesh to be on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of an AIDS epidemic. In related news, PWRDF also recently approved a grant of $5,000 for HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programs for Asian migrant workers run by St. John's (Anglican) Cathedral in Hong Kong. Established in 1995, St. John's Cathedral St. John's Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. John, or other variations on the name, with or without the suffix 'the Evangelist', may refer to: In Antigua:
Hong Kong is home to about 350,000 non-Chinese migrant workers, the majority of them from the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Japan, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Many of the women work as domestic helpers for Hong Kong families. |
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