[2][3] A study published in 2017[3] found that about two thirds of the prostitutes in the capitol, Bangui, worked part-time to supplement their income or to pay school and college fees.
Some young women and girls enter the trade without third party involvement for survival[2] or to pay school/college fees.
It was alleged that peacekeepers from Gabon, Morocco, Burundi, and France had paid for sex with girls as young as 13 at a camp for displaced persons near Bangui.
[3][8] The Central African Republic is a source and destination country for children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced prostitution.
[2] U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons upgraded the country in from 'Tier 3'[10] to "Tier 2 Watch List" in 2018.