Pregnant women among sex workers

The women - some of whom are blood cousins - say they were driven into the double life by financial problems and count high-ranking policemen and company executives among their regular clients.

Speaking at a workshop here last Thursday, the Senior Programme Officer of an outreach organisation for sex workers described the situation as a cause for concern because an exercise that unearthed these astonishing facts did not include schools where there are children as young as 12 who are engaged in commercial sex work. "In our district, sex workers range from junior secondary school students to married and formally employed women as well as members of different religions," the officer said.