'Millions of 10-year-old girls end up with poor protection of their rights and well-being. Too many become labourers, primary performers of household chores, wives or sex-trafficked commodities. Childhood ends with limited education or opportunities, with violence or ill-health, with no say in decisions. .The State of World Population 2016 includes glimpses into the lives and aspirations of 10 girls from diverse backgrounds.'
Research on the sexual exploitation of children through trafficking. The primary focus is on socio-economic structural conditions in South Africa that provide the push and pull for the increase in child prostitution. Next to in-country trafficking, also cross-border trafficking is researched. Another focus is on adults (parents and gangs) who are responsible for facilitating the child's involvement in the exchange of sex for money or items. The report also provides a voice to children who have experienced such sexual exploitation. And it highlights international, continental and national legal measures taken in the areas of child prostitution, trafficking of children for this purpose, pornography, sex tourism and extra-territorial legislation.