Every year, thousands of women and young girls migrate from Ghana’s poorer, Muslim north to the major cities of the Christian south. Known as Kayayo, they travel to work as porters in city markets, and spend their days carrying heavy loads for meager wages. Due to a shortage of employment opportunities and money for housing, many end up sleeping on the streets or being coerced into sexual servitude in exchange for shelter.
Behind the Door of Foster Care
Published August 11, 2010
This film was created by Chicago Public School students working with Free Spirit Media, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. People should be more aware of what foster care children go through. By making this documentary, the filmmakers feel they are spreading the word and could change the way people feel about the foster care system.
Lauryn and Janay from School Without Walls in Washington, DC report on Teenage Prostitution in the US.
Peter Dicampo follows women and girls from Ghana's barren north known as the Kayayo as they travel south in search of work as porters in city markets.
Gateways
