Blessing was only 6-Yrs-old when she was arranged to be an unpaid house-help
By TVC News Nigeria
21 August 2019 |
6:00 am
According to the United Nations, more than 40 million people are estimated to be trapped in forced labor, forced marriages and other forms of sexual exploitation.
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