BBC Africa
Up to 30% of girls in some Kenyan resorts are involved in the sex industry, according to a UN report.
The UN children's fund Unicef, which looked at resorts along Kenya's coast, found that 15,000 girls aged 12 to 18 were engaged in casual sex for money.
Another 2,000-3,000 girls and boys were involved in full-time prostitution, said the study - carried out jointly with the Kenyan government.
European men represented half of all their clients, the report said.
The 15,000 girls are said to live in the resort areas districts of Mombasa, Kilifi, Malindi and Kwale.
Poverty is the reason, Unicef says: many families see the sex industry as the only way of putting food on the table.
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