About Us
MASODEO promotes women's human rights. We works locallyt to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women and children, particularly teenage girls.
MASODEO is composed of regional networks and of affiliated individuals and groups. We serves as an umbrella that coordinates and takes direction from the regional organizations and networks, working against sexual exploitation and in support of women's rights in Ghana.
MASODEO brings international attention to all forms of sexual exploitation,including prostitution, pornography and sex tourism. Working with local and Regional policy makers, women's rights and human rights advocates, we gear our strengh to promote the fundamental human right of women and children to be free from sexual exploitation by all forms.
We prevents trafficking by educating boys and girls in schools and communities in the various targeted communities and by training teachers,professionals, stake holders, governmental authorities and the general public about the harm of sexual exploitation and ways to resist and combat it.
Conduction of researche and documentation of the situation of women who have been trafficked and are in prostitution; educating the public about the extent of harm sustained by women and girls in prostitution and galvanizes change through legislation and working with governments and human Rights Agencies to create/change/amend policy and legislation that support the right of every woman and girls to be free of sexual exploitation and help create and support alternatives for women and girls who have been sexually exploited.
EFFECTS
Sexual exploitation eroticists women's inequality.
Sexual exploitation is a vehicle for racism and "first world"domination, disproportionately victimizing minority and "third world"women.
Worldwide, the average age of girls' entrance into prostitution is 14.
Local and global sex industries are systematically violating women's rights - increasing scale.
Sexual exploitation violates the human rights of anyone subjected to it,whether female or male, adult or child, Northern or Southern.
Solution
Decriminalize the women in prostitution. Criminalize the men who buy women and children and anyone who promotes sexual exploitation,particularly pimps, procurers and traffickers. Reject State policies and practices that channel women into conditions of sexual exploitation. Provide education and employment opportunities that enhance women's worth and status,thereby diminishing the necessity for the women to turn to prostitution.
