‘I did it only for the money’ Climate displacement pushes girls into prostitution in Bangladesh.

Loss of land: More than 9,000 people in Bangladesh have been displaced by the erosion of the Padma riverbanks in just five years. — AFP

FOUR years ago, when her family’s home in central Bangladesh was washed away by floods, Pakhi and her family migrated to Dhaka to look for work.

But with many families arriving in an already overcrowded city, with jobs hard to find, and with the family struggling to eat, the teenager eventually took one of the few jobs available.