A report released this week by the Ugandan government highlights how extreme poverty in northern Uganda’s IDP camps forces young girls and women to sell themselves for sex or enter into forced marriages. Ronald Kalyango, a lead researcher of the report, said, "The situation is terrible in these areas. Children as young as 11 years offer sex for a coin of 200 shillings (less than $0.10).” One girl interviewed for the report spoke of the need to sell her body despite the dangers of acquiring HIV, saying, "I prefer death by HIV/Aids than hunger. Through sex, I can at least get 500-2000 shillings. With this I can buy basic commodities like salt, soap, clothes and sanitary pads." Read more at The Monitor.