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  • Rubel, 16,  works at aluminum factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He works 8 hours a day 6 days a week and earns 1400tks (US$20) a month (70tks=US1D)<br />
He wishes to be a teacher when he grows up.<br />
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Poverty pushes estimated 6 to 7 million children to work in Bangladesh, comprising one-fifth of the country’s labor force.<br />
There are some 40 industries in Bangladesh using child labor, often under hazardous conditions and with little regard for health and safety. <br />
Most perform their duties for little or no pay without access to education leaving them trapped in low-skilled, low-paying jobs that further binds them in a cycle of poverty.
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  • Sex worker Nodi,14, lies down by  a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Nodi run away from home after falling in love with a Hindu boy and ended up in the brothel with her sister.<br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
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  • A young sex worker is seen at brothel in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. <br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
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  • A young sex worker is seen at brothel, June 17, 2007 in Tangail, Bangladesh. <br />
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The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
    BNGL_Trafficking011.JPG
  • Sex worker Toma, 14, is seen at brothel, July 4, 2007 in Faridpur, Bangladesh. She was the most beautiful girl in her village and family was afraid that she was going to be gang raped by village boys. "All the boys in the village wanted her for free. Instead of giving her out for free, we decided to take her to brothel so that she can make money out of it." says her sister, who is also a sex worker. She took Toma to brothel about a year ago.<br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
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  • Sex worker Shuri, 15, waits for a customer at brothel, June 7, 2007 in Tangail, Bangladesh. Shuri was born into brothel and adopted by another sex worker. <br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
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  • Sex worker Lima, 18, waits for customer at brothel, June 28, 2007 in Tangail, Bangladesh. Born into a poor family, she was lured to a false job offer at a garment factory but instead was sold to brothel when she was 13 years old. <br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking. <br />
Once they enter the brothel, usually before the age of 12, they are generally in for life because of social stigma and poverty.
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  • Men in Kamagasak, from clockwise right: Tamiichi Kuwata, 65, who depends on welfare, Syunsuke Fujii, 64, unemployed  construction worker, Satoshi Sato, 64.
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  • LEFT: Doors of a cheap motel where many day labors and welfare recipients live are seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.<br />
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RIGHT: Keys of cheap motel where many day labors and welfare recipients stay are seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • LEFT: Kazuki, 65, stands in front of his shack  built in a park in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: A trash can is seen at a laundry mat in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • LEFT:  A pair of slippers are seen at a cheap motel where many day labors live in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: Hiromi Okamoto, 74, lives in a tiny room paid by welfare in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • LEFT: Hiromi Minakami, 70, lives in a tiny room paid by welfare in Kamagasaki, Japan. <br />
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RIGHT: A pillow of Hiromi Minakami, 70, who lives in a tiny room paid by welfare, is seen in Kamagasaki, Japan.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, looks for a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, brushes her teeth at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, smokes at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, sits with a drunk customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, lies down with a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, wakes up after taking 20 sleeping pills all at once in brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Shetu takes pills when she gets depressed thinking about her 3-year-old son who was given up for adoption.
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  • Sex workers Purnima, 16, right, and Pinky, 16,  are seen at brothel in Dorothea, Bangladesh. They have been sex worker for 4 to 5 years. Pinky was born into the brothel. They are best friends.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, is harassed by a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, asks a customer not to leave at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, is harassed by a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, sinks in after a service during which a customer beat her at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, carries her pet cat at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Transgender eats at restaurant in Tamil Nadu, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • G. Velvish,27, and her adopted son and nephew Ajit,10, near her hut in Chennai, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Transgender D. Sudha,28, right, and V. Arthi,20, left, count money they made by begging as they take a train home in Chennai, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • P. Saranya, 20, gets washes her face at in Chennai, India.<br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Transgender Minachi begs in Chennai, India.
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  • G. Velvish,27, left, and P. Saranya,20, relax  with her adopted son and nephew Ajit,10, and niece at her hut in Chennai, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
    INDIA_ARAVANIS014.JPG
  • Transgender sex worker enters a hotel room with her client in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • A transgender prostitute prepares for work in Chennai, India. <br />
Transgender sex worker enters a hotel room with her client in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • A transgender puts on bangles in Villupuram, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • A transgender in Chennai, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • A transgender puts on makeup in Villupuram, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Transgenders pray during "Kuthandavar -aravan festival" in the town of Koovagam in India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Unies, 12,  works at shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He's been working for 1 year and earns 1000tks (about US$10)  a month.
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  • Child van pullers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A Child street vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A child labor rests at a shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Paval, 10, cutter helper, is seen at ship breaking yard, in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He makes about 10tks per/hour (70tks=us1d).
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  • Shubu, 11, works at shoe factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He's been working for 2 years and earns 250tks (about US$3,50) a week.
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  • Child van pullers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Edan, 17, works at tannery in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Feet of aging sex worker Josna, 60, are seen at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, sits by her customer after her service at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, tries to get a cutomer at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh. As she ages, she finds difficult to get a customer. "I grab and pull a customer into my room and just reveal myself." she says.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, left, looks for a customer as her daughter Tanya, 7, sits by at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.<br />
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Deserted by the man who fathered her daughter, she, like many her age, has a difficult time pulling in enough clients to support her family. <br />
Growing old does not mean the end of one’s career, but it does mean working harder for a fraction of the pay a younger woman can expect. When Josna can’t buy food for Tanya, 7, she has to borrow from the neighbours.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, waits for a cutomer at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, left, applies makeup as her daughter Tanya, 7, sits by at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Nodi,14, left, sits with her cousin Suma, 8, background, whose mother is a sex worker, as her sister, also a sex worker, Shetu, 17, foreground, sleep at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Nodi run away from home after falling in love with a Hindu boy and ended up in the brothel with her sister at the brothel.
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  • Nodi,14, left, and cousin Suma, 8, are seen at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Nodi run away from home after falling in love with a Hindu boy and ended up in the brothel with her sister. Suma's mother is a sex worker.
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  • Sex worker sisters Nodi,14, right, and Shetu, 17, left, lie down by a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Nodi run away from home after falling in love with a Hindu boy and ended up in the brothel with her sister. Shetu was sold to a brothel with a false job offer after she run away from an abusive husband.<br />
The majority of the 20,000 to 30,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking.
    BNGL_Brothel Shetu007.JPG
  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, lies down on her bed at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, left, is consoled by her grandmother Jova, 47, after work at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, applies makeup before taking a customer at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, unbuttons her shirt at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, stands with a customer at brothel, in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, looks for a customer at a brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Jova, 47, foreground, smokes as her granddaughter Munnie, 15, stands by at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shumita, 12, takes rain shower at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. She was born into  brothel. <br />
Children who are born into brothel have limited opportunity  due to a lack of education, social prejudice, and economic difficulty. Some girls have few options but to follow her mother's footstep as a sex worker, passing the profession on to the next generation.
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  • Sex worker Lovely, 15, is seen at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Beauty, 18, is seen at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh. She has been working as a sex worker for 3 years.
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  • A transgender puts on her cloth in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Indian transgenders. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
    INDIA_ARAVANIS004.JPG
  • A transgender sex worker looks for customers in India.
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  • Transgender sex worker drinks with her client in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
    INDIA_ARAVANIS009.JPG
  • G. Velvish,27, right, brush hair of her transgender sisters at her hut in Chennai, India. <br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Transgender sex worker in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
    INDIA_ARAVANIS011.JPG
  • Men look for transgender sex workers in Villupuram, India. As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
    INDIA_ARAVANIS007.JPG
  • A transgender in bed in Villupuram, India.<br />
As transgenders,"hijras" in local terms, are acutely marginalized in Indian society, the major earning avenues for them are sex work, begging and performing at rituals.
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  • Uzzal, 12, slaughters chicken in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been working for 5 years and earns 30tks a day. (70tks=us1d).
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  • Zihadul Islam, 12, works at aluminum factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He works 8 hours a day 6 days a week and earns 1400tks (US$20) a month (70tks=US1D)
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  • A child labor works at construction site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A child scavenges at Demra garbage dump in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, is seen at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Tanya, 7,  waits for her mother finishing with her customer at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, consoles  her crying daughter Tanya, 7 in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Shetu, 17, changes her clothes at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Suma, 8, looks at Shetu, 17, herself in a mirror at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Her mother is a sex worker.
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  • Sex workers wait for customers at a brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • A family of sex workers Munnie, 15, center, mother Mukta, 33, left,  and grandmother Jova, 47, sit for a portrait at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh. Munnie, 15, was taken out of school to join the family business. Jova, her grandmother, felt there was little choice.
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  • Sex worker Ratna, 13, is seen at brothel in Dorothea, Bangladesh. She has been working as a sex worker for 4 years.
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  • Aging sex worker Josna, 60, is seen at brothel in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
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  • Condom wraps are seen at a brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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  • Sex worker Munnie, 15, performs rituals to fend off evil spirits at brothel in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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