Ghanaian Girls Have Sex With Indomie Payments

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JAKARTA - Indomie is a means of sex transactions in Ghana. This was revealed through the statement of a gender and employment expert, Bashiratu Kamal.

This was revealed by Kamal in a national dialogue event organized by the STAR-Ghana Foundation. The dialogue discussed gender-based sexual violence.

Kamal says young Ghanaian girls are being lured with all kinds of things in exchange for sex. And Indomie became one of the common means of exchange promised in that sexual activity.

Apart from Indomie, the other most common means of exchange are cellular phone credit to cash. This has also led to an increase in teenage pregnancy rates in Ghana.

In one report, a mother has even been known to force her daughter to have transactional sex. This is an implication of the high poverty in Ghana, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made their condition even more difficult.

"In some cases there is a problem of 'transactional sex,' where some parents encourage their child to participate, so that they can earn enough money to support themselves," Bashiratu said as reported by World of Buzz, Saturday, January 2.

Kamal continued, "Their parents are not working. Their children are at home, and they (kids) have to survive. So the kids do this to get money."