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Tag: sex trade stats

‘65% of females’ in Kenyan slum traded sex for sanitary pads? Unicef & UK newspaper pull stat from thin air

Young girls with US and Kenya flags wait to greet US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec as he visited a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) project for girls' empowerment in Nairobi on March 10, 2018.Photo: AFP/POOL/JONATHAN ERNST

Claim

Unicef research found 65% of females in Kibera slum traded sex for sanitary pads

Source: The UK’s Independent newspaper (September 2018)

incorrect

Verdict

No data supports the claim

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07:29 | 25th October 2018 (GMT)

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