Trapped By Tradition : CNN Special

“Often, young girls are pushed into the sex business by their own fathers and brothers. The men see nothing wrong with it.”

There is a special that will be airing on CNN entitles “Trapped by Tradition” that is talking about the prostitution industry in India. A crew of CNN reporters went to India with Slumdog Millionaire actor Anil Kapoor and will be looking at the lives of

young Indian girls who are forced into prostitution right after they start puberty.



This stems from a tradition that is ancient. The original reason was because they said it was a religious act. The reasoning for it now is money.



Plan India is aiding in the process of eliminating child prostitution in the country. Their model on their website is “Promoting child rights to end child poverty”.



CNN’s website says that this special will air on CNN Int’l (not sure if theyre saying it wont come on their regular channel or not).