The Training of Trainers Manual - UNFPA

Handout 7 • Problem Tree 7
Trunk of the tree: 17-year-old girl involved
in transactional sex (sexual relationships in
exchange for clothes, food, and other goods)
Branch 1: Dropping out of school
Apples for branch 1:
1. No education
2. Limited career possibilities
3
Branch 2: Guilt, fear, low self-esteem
Apples for branch 2:
1. Suicide
2. Social isolation
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2
4
Branch 3: Prostitution
Apples for branch 3:
1. Involvement in crime
2. Problems with the legal system and police
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Branch 4: Stigma
Apples for branch 4:
1. Limited access to services
2. No friends, lack of social support
Branch 5: Violence leading to unprotected sex
Apples for branch 5:
1. STI/HIV infection
2. Unwanted pregnancy
3. Physical and mental harm
Roots:
1. Poverty
2. Coerced sex, rape, incest
3. Lack of communication with parents
4. History of alcohol or drug abuse or other risktaking
behaviors
5. Family violence
6. Lack of education or reproductive health
education
7. Unfriendly social situations
8. Early sexual debut
9. Desire to be independent
Possible measures:
1. Acknowledge the existence of transactional sex
2. Build up self-esteem and empower young women
to make healthy life decisions
3. Establish drug and alcohol prevention
programmes
4. Provide more educational and employment
possibilities for young people
5. Rehabilitation programs for victims of violence
6. Improve young women’s negotiating skills
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