Article #6 due Oct 29

India's sex slaves face lifelong cycle of abuse

This article is about Indian girls that are forced to work in the sex industry. They are given opportunities in other cities such as regular jobs to earn money but instead they end up on the street, on brothels or sold to human traffickers. Some girls are being rescued from this horrible industry and is taken to transit homes for recovery. Though there is help to get some girls do not recover from what they been through, the process to get back to a normal life is long and these young girls are scarred for life.

Word 1
1. Word: Ordeal
2. Part of Speech: Noun
3. Definition/Synonym: Test, Trial

Word 2
1. Word: Turmoil
2. Part of Speech: Noun
3. Definition/Synonym: Chaos

Word 3
1. Word: Jostle
2. Part of Speech: Verb
3. Definition/Synonym: Push

Please see Vocabulary (red words highlighted), at the right in the page archive.

Questions about the article

1. From where do these young girls come from?
2. What can be done for these young girls, how can we, the society and the government help to prevent young girls from being sold, abused and discriminated?
3. Why do you think that young girls drop out of school and end their education before their brothers do?