Sri Lanka, Nov. 24 -- The Praja Shakthi Development Foundation says many young women who leave probation and child detention centres at age 18 are turning to sex work because they have no proper job training or support.

The foundation's Executive Director, H. A. Lakshman, said most of these young women have faced sexual abuse or harassment before being placed in these centres by the courts. Others were sent there because they had no parents or family to care for them.

He said that when these young women leave these centres, they struggle to find jobs. With no training or protection, many choose sex work as the easiest way to earn money. Some are even abused again after returning to society, which pushes them further into this work.

Mr....