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Aicha, 18, sits in one of the rooms where she meets clients in a brothel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. She's been working as a sex worker for two years. "I don't like this work, but I don't want to depend on someone for money", she says. Some days she earns nothing, other days she might earn 5,000 or 10,000 CFA (20$). "This money is evil", she says. "If you use it to fund a project it will bring back luck." Aicha has never been to school. Standing in the doorway is Lucie, 15, who also works at the brothel.

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Aicha, 18, sits in one of the rooms where she meets clients in a brothel in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday July 17, 2013. She's been working as a sex worker for two years. "I don't like this work, but I don't want to depend on someone for money", she says. Some days she earns nothing, other days she might earn 5,000 or 10,000 CFA (20$). "This money is evil", she says. "If you use it to fund a project it will bring back luck." Aicha has never been to school. Standing in the doorway is Lucie, 15, who also works at the brothel.