April, 2002
Philippine News Digest 23
April 23, 2002 ·
Contents: Bishop testifies in support of convicted paedophile Congress passes anti-trafficking bill Governor slams church for condemning vigilante killings Peace prize shouldn’t have been given to Peres Bishop testifies in support of convicted paedophile The bishop of the Archdiocese of Iba in Zambales province, north of Manila testified in a local court April 2 in […]
Read More...CHILD PROSTITUTION 'GROWING PROBLEM'
April 20, 2002 ·
Wellington — New Zealand has a growing problem with child prostitution, trafficking, and pornography, according to a Justice Ministry report. This followed reports last year that girls as young as 11 were selling sex on Auckland streets, and a warning by a family law barrister in January that child pornography was reaching alarming levels. The […]
Read More...Smokers Addiction Enslave Children
April 20, 2002 ·
The tobacco industry, growers and trade unions have jointly launched a joint initiative to address the problem of child labour in tobacco growing. Supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Eliminate Child Labour in Tobacco (ECLT) Foundation was officially launched in Geneva. British American Tobacco, is one of the three founding members of ECLT […]
Read More...Sport Players Enjoy Life on Backs of Child Workers
April 20, 2002 ·
Uluberia, West Bengal, India — The sheer exploitation of child labour is apparent when one visits Rajapur, a nondescript place in Uluberia, Howrah, where nearly one fifth of the children are employed to prepare shuttlecocks. They get meagre amounts in lieu of their hard work. Three to four new shuttlecock factories are coming up here […]
Read More...Austria Aids East Africa To Rehabilitate Child Prostitutes
April 14, 2002 ·
Tanzania is one of four Anglophone countries picked by the ILO to implement its good practice interventions to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Others include Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The Austrian government is supporting the initiatives. Implementation of the project will reinforce the country’s efforts in rehabilitating children rescued from serious forms of […]
Read More...UN ENVOY REPORTS NO EVIDENCE OF ‘CHILD SOLDIERING’ IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA
April 14, 2002 ·
A top United Nations expert on the impact of armed conflict on children said that during a recent visit to Eritrea and Ethiopia he had seen no systematic use of child soldiers and found no evidence of child abuse in refugee camps. Olara Otunnu, Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said […]
Read More...REGION TO ESTABLISH CHILD TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION IN 2004
April 14, 2002 ·
Regional governments and partner organisations in West Africa agreed to ratify a convention against child trafficking in 2004. The agreement was reached after a three-day meeting on cross-border trafficking in Gabon’s capital, Libreville. Participants discussed a blueprint of the proposed regional agreement that highlighted prevention, identification, repatriation and reintegration of child victims into home countries […]
Read More...SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS VIA INFORMAL NETWORKS, ILO, UNDP SAY
April 14, 2002 ·
Sex trafficking of children in Thailand is largely an industry run by small, informal networks, according to a new report from the ILO in co-ordination with the UN Development Program. It is mainly informal networks that are responsible for trafficking girls out of their villages, and sometimes girls are driven by boredom with village life […]
Read More...SOUTH AFRICA EMERGES AS KEY PLAYER IN CHILD TRAFFICKING
April 14, 2002 ·
South Africa is emerging as a key player in the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation, a parliamentary report has found. It found not only the gangs, brothel owners, syndicates and agents were involved but parents as well. At the Parliamentary Hearings on the Sexual Abuse of Children, it emerged that South Africa did not […]
Read More...TRAFFICKING, RISKY JOBS COMMON, PHILIPPINE AGENCY SAYS
April 14, 2002 ·
South Africa is emerging as a key player in the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation, a parliamentary report has found. It found not only the gangs, brothel owners, syndicates and agents were involved but parents as well. At the Parliamentary Hearings on the Sexual Abuse of Children, it emerged that South Africa did not […]
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