Iraqi women: Prostituting ourselves to feed our children

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Thu, Aug 16, 2007 8:21AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used. They have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $8 a day.

"People shouldn't criticize women, or talk badly about them," says 37-year-old Suha as she adjusts the light colored scarf she wears these days to avoid extremists who insist women cover themselves. "They all say we have lost our way, but they never ask why we had to take this path."

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Violence, increased cost of living, and lack of any sort of government aid leave women like these with few other options, according to humanitarian workers.

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