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 * //Prostitution in Ethiopia// **
 * Name: ** Barrett Ward - Starter of Mocha Club and FashionABLE


 * Country: ** Ethiopia, economy largely based on agriculture (85% total employment), almost 50% of population is under 18 (total population=around 85 million), average monthly income is $23


 * Background: **Started Mocha Club (organization focused in Africa on education, clean water, child mothers & Women at Risk, orphan care & vulnerable children, and HIV&AIDS/healthcare. He also founded FashionABLE which is an organization that gives employment to women on the streets of Africa to give them a stable income to provide for and support their families instead of prostituting themselves for money.


 * References: ** *Women at Risk’s main focus is to help victims of human trafficking and sex work.

 *UNICEF participates [|in the fight against AIDS]  by ensuring that infected pregnant women get the drugs they need to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies. Many women who are prostitutes in Ethiopia continue to do it regardless of knowing they have the disease because they need the money for survival.

 *Avert is an organization that focuses primarily on HIV/AIDS in Africa. Many prostitutes in Ethiopia have HIV or AIDS and are passing it through to their children. This organization is affecting 84,000 people which can make a big impact on the world of prostitution in Africa. Without getting the proper medication and information given to the sex workers, many would still be out on the streets with their families selling their bodies to survive.


 * Benchmarks: **

 1) Safety and Rule of Law: Personal Safety - Violent Crime - many of the women who are prostitutes suffer from rape and abuse from the people who pay for their services.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2) Participation and Human Rights: Gender - Legislation on Violence Against Women - There aren’t very strict laws against rape against women in Ethiopia. For example, a man convicted of abduction and rape against a woman would serve 10 years and get chances to be parole within the first year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 3) Sustainable Economic Opportunity: Public Management - Rural Financial Services Development - There is not a financial market in Ethiopia for the rural and low income population that is easily accessible.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 4)Human Development: Antiretroviral Treatment Provision - Prostitutes in Ethiopia and their children that have advanced HIV are not receiving antiretroviral therapy because they don’t have the money to do so which is why they are prostituting in the first place.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arguments: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I am the best choice for the five million dollars because my problem is the largest problem and needs to be fixed. Other problems such as HIV and AIDS, child mortality, poverty, rape, etc. are all roots of the prostitution problem in Ethiopia. The five million dollars would go to getting the women off of the streets and into stable homes with a regular source of income without having to risk their health and well being to support themselves and their families. There are so many issues tied to prostitution and instead of taking care of all the important but smaller problems in Ethiopia, why not take care of the leading problem to help get rid of the smaller problems?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Works Cited

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Our Approach." Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Our Commitment | FashionABLE." FashionABLE RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Prostitution in Africa." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Prostitution in South Africa: Developing a Research Agenda." Prostitution in South Africa: Developing a Research Agenda. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Feb. 2013.