267:. According to a baseline study published in 2013, Tunisian youth are subjected to various forms of trafficking. International organizations report an increased presence of street children and rural children working to support their families in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution; according to the baseline study, these children are vulnerable to sex trafficking. Tunisian women have reportedly been forced into prostitution under false promises of work both within the country and elsewhere in the region, such as
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669:"Tunisia sex workers call for brothel to reopen in resort of Sousse"
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report law enforcement to be abusive, inconsistent and corrupt.
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Sex workers are not allowed to engage in any other occupation
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Colonial Prostitution: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, 1830-1962
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Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
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Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
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357:"What We Don't Know about Sex in the Middle East"
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115:" (civil servants) in 1942. Those issued with a
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259:Human trafficking in Tunisia
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964:Prostitution in Africa
508:"Prostitution in Tunis"
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17:Prostitution in Tunisia
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273:United Arab Emirates
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613:Chirico, Annalisa.
285:forced prostitution
281:Ministry of Justice
80:La Marsa Convention
75:French protectorate
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25:Sidi Abdallah Guech
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142:Jasmine Revolution
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