Land of Smiles

The Kingdom of Thailand

Location: South East Asia

Population:64.9 million

Language: Thai

Capital: Bangkok

Major Religion: Buddhism

Currency: Baht

Climate: hot and humid

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Child Prostitution:

Definition: sexual exploitation of a child for remuneration in cash or kind, usually but not always organized by an intermediary (parent, family member, procurer or teacher).

• 10 million children worldwide are engaged in some facet of the sex industry. Each year at least one million children, mostly girls, become prostitutes.

• In Thailand, 10-12 year old girls service men in the sex industry. They typically have sex with men 10-15 times daily and sometimes as many as 20-30.

• In South Africa, there are 40,000 child prostitutes.

Prostitution:

Definition: prostitution is the sale of sexual services for money. Many trafficked girls and women start out in cheap brothels where they are broken in through a process of rapes and beatings. This process is called, "seasoning".

• 2 million girls between ages 5-15 are introduced into the commerical sex market each year
• 89% of prostitutes want to escape. 60 to 75% have been raped.
• At least 200,000 women and children work in prostitution in Thailand.
• 1/3 of the women are under the age of 18, and girls as young as six years old work in prostitution.

Voi(e for the Voi(eless

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This information focusing on child prostitution and prostitution has been taken from the the Voi(e for the Voi(eless forty day devotional. As a DTS, we have been studying global injustices issues as a devotion each Thursday Morning at 7:30am. They give a definition, facts, and a story on the topic. After which we take time to pray and mediate on what is happening.

These facts and statistic's are undeniably true. These are things that we can find if we just dig under the surface. Can you even imagine what you could find if you dug deeper? I found pages of statistics and I started to write them down, but I began to think that statistics is not what you or I need. We know of so many injustices in the world, yet we often lower ourselves and think what am I going to do that is going to make a difference? It's easily used as an excuse. Take the time. Take the time to write a letter to the government that could take action, study and share this in your church, work place and circle of influence, or support ministries that work against these injustices.
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