DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 25 -- EVERY year, countless young girls are taken from their villages with promises of decent jobs in urban areas and even abroad, only to find themselves trapped in cycles of abuse, humiliation and silence.

Recruiters parade dreams of prosperity before families struggling with poverty, but the reality awaiting these teenagers in foreign households is often brutal.

Reports of beatings, starvation, confinement, sexual violence, withheld wages, and unexplained deaths continue to surface. This shameful trade must end, and it must end now.

For instance, we must all know that Tanzanian culture and lifestyle differ significantly from those of many destination countries, particularly in the Middle East, where most of these...