These brothels were subsidized by the authorities.
Data on the extent of child prostitution is not available.
With the spread of in the 1990s, prostitution was regulated and sex workers were required to have a monthly health check.
Some Eritrean women and girls travel to Gulf States for domestic work but are subsequently subjected to sex trafficking.
Prostitution increased during the 1970s with the build-up of the Ethiopian garrisons in the area.
Prostitution was encouraged with the advent of by the authorities and discouraged mixed marriages in many cases between Italians and locals.
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