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The Boys and the Bullies: A Situational Analysis Report on Prostitution of Boys in Bangladesh

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A.K.M. Masud Ali and Ratan Sarkar, ECPAT International in collaboration with INCIDIN Bangladesh, 2006.

Although there is a widespread awareness on child sexual exploitation by tourists in many areas of South Asia, such as the beach town of Goa in India and Negombo in Sri Lanka, little has been done to study the use of boys for prostitution among local perpetrators in the South Asian context. A concrete analysis of the dynamics of gender inequality and gender segregation inherent in South Asian countries, as well as the cultural factors that differentiate societal treatment of boy victims from girl victims, is also lacking. Due to the fact that the issue of prostitution of boys is a taboo subject in many South Asian societies, and the cases involving prostituted boys are frequently underreported and shrouded behind a veil of silence, scarce information has been collected about this domestic problem. As a result, not enough has been done to develop or coordinate programmes to reach out to boys in this sub-region.

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The Boys and the Bullies: A Situational Analysis Report on Prostitution of Boys in Bangladesh