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LITTLE DID YOU KNOW: Most of the prostitutes in Haiti are from the Dominican Republic.

uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/domrep.htm

FACT: The prostitution rate per capita in the Dominican Republic is considered very high. Additionally, the Dominican Republic is statistically the 4th largest exporter of prostitutes in the world behind Brazil, Thailand and the Philippines.

So why are the rates so high?

Why are so many Dominican women prostitutes?

Well, we can probably point to a number of social factors to answer that question.dr1.com/blogs/entry.php?u=Dominica...

First and foremost, the Dominican Republic suffers from a very high poverty rate. Over 25% of the Dominican population is said to be living below the poverty line. Educational standards are very low and the majority of people living in the campo (countryside) stop attending school at a young age. The adult literacy rate is a low 87.8 percent.

For most, there is little or no opportunity.

Unemployment is at a staggering 17% and many, who do have jobs, work for very low pay. There is also a very high rate of teenage pregnancy and fatherless families are extremely common.

It is not surprising with so little opportunity and so little hope of future opportunity that many Dominican women turn to prostitution

Wilgeens Rosenberg, March 31 2008, 11:12 PM

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