General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>Eonlineghana.com<\/p>\n 2017-12-20<\/p>\n The constitution of Ghana frowns on prostitution and it\u2019s actually illegal for anyone to solicit for sex in a public place.<\/p>\n Not withstanding, commercial sex work has experienced a boost in Ghana \u2014 with minors as young as 12 years engaging in such trade for money.<\/p>\n While some women willingly engage in such trades, most of them are forced into trading their bodies for money due to the economic hardships in the country.<\/p>\n With the high rate of unemployment and poverty in Ghana, there is bound to be more women engaging in this trade in the future.<\/p>\n What many of these women don\u2019t know is that prostitution is indeed a criminal act which attracts penalty as per the laws of the country.<\/p>\n In an interview with Berla Mundi on The Late Afternoon Show, a young commercial sex worker known as Obaa Yaa shared her plight as a commercial sex worker.<\/p>\n According to her, she started prostitution at the age of 16 due to the pressures from her family.<\/p>\n She went on to add that she usually sleeps with 10 men a night, and sometimes with 15 men when she gets lucky. These men usually pay GHC20 per session and she can make as high as GHC150 a day.<\/p>\n Watch her full interview below<\/p>\n![\"Prostitute](\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/71493348.295.jpg\" "\\"Prostitute")
play video<\/span>Berla Mundi in an interview with Obaa Yaa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n