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

Dagnachew Nega

doi:10.7176/rhss/9-3-05

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

Highlights

Introduction of the studyStarting from the ancient time, travel and sex may have a special connection
As explained through most informants, the following are the most prominent factors to involve in sex tourism business
Many literatures assured that as the tourism industry is diversified at the tourist attraction area, the local females and children are become the major for both the domestic and foreign tourists with a hidden agenda for sexual interest

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Introduction

Introduction of the studyStarting from the ancient time, travel and sex may have a special connection. Sex tourism is usually defined as movement of people from rich countries to poor countries mainly to engage in sexual practices and services with local females, and children in exchange of money or other materials (Tepanon, 2006; Davidson and Taylor, 1994, Sontvedt, 2009). During the Vietnam War the U.S army helped to establish sex tourism in south East Asia, when thousands of marines went to Thailand and other boarding countries looking for sexual contact with females In the past South East Asian countries namely Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and Sri Lanka have been the major tourist arrival centers for sex tourism business. Today the practice of sex tourism business spreads and rapidly growing to different areas of the world ((Valeriu, 2013; Omondi, 2003; O'Grady, 2008)

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