Examining of the Factors, Effects and Mechanisms to Combat Females and Children Business at the City of Bahirdar, Ethiopia

Abstract

Sex business is one of the fastest growing businesses. Currently no sites can be immune or free from such business. The objectives of the study are to assess the factors, effects and mechanisms of combating females from sex business. Snow ball sampling technique was chosen. The findings showed that poverty, lack job opportunity, peer pressure, modernization and migration were the main motivating factors. Whereas the effects of participating at the sex business were transmitting disease like HIV AIDS, feeling loneness and losing moral values, creating bad images of the destination and the country at large. The mechanisms suggested through the respondents where cooperation of the stakeholders, establish laws, rules, regulations and policies to prevent the practices, creating awareness to the victims’ families, to the general public of the destinations. Generally, the stakeholders should be stand together to stop such practices to save females and children.

Keywords: sex business, effects, motivating factors, Bahirdar

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/9-3-05