May, 2011
South African Child Sex Industry Growing Rapidly
May 12, 2011 ·
Cape Town, South Africa – Child sex was a lucrative market in Gauteng and the Western Cape, with children as young as four-years-old being sold into the international racket, Molo Songololo, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) said. The research report was undertaken by the Cape Town-based NGO dealing with children’s issues, and is endorsed by the […]
Read More...WTO Inquires About Child Exploitation in Tourism
May 12, 2011 ·
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has sought details from Pakistan about child abuse/ exploitation in the tourism industry as well as the steps that are being taken by the government to stop this practice. In an official letter to the government, WTO Secretary- General, Francesco Frangialli made inquiries specifically about child prostitution and child abuse […]
Read More...EVENTS MARK AIDS 'CATASTROPHE'
May 12, 2011 ·
More than a million children are living with HIV/AIDS As people around the globe hold events to mark World Aids Day, President Bill Clinton has warned that the disease has reached catastrophic proportions in many parts of the world. He said the spread of Aids was so severe in some regions, it had become a […]
Read More...Thailand: Memorandum Between NGOS, Police and Government on the Treatment of Trafficked Children
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in ECPAT International (May 1999) June 30th 1999, in Bangkok, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister, the Department of Social Welfare, the National Police Forces, the Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women and Children and The National Council of Children and Youth. The MOU provides […]
Read More...The Lost Son: Trafficking, Children and Violence
May 12, 2011 · By Jo de Linde, ECPAT France
Published in By Jo de Linde, ECPAT France (May 1999) The film, The Lost Son, by Chris Menges was given its preview in Paris on April 20, 1999, It is the story of a private detective, Xavier Lombard played by Daniel Auteuil who is is hired by a rich family to find Leon, their son, […]
Read More...Coersion the Key Element Behind Trafficking
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in Child Workers of Asia (April – September 1999) Internationally, there is no consensus on the term “trafficking”. In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly came near to a comprehensive definition in its stipulation that “trafficking” is the “illicit and clandestine movement of persons across national and international borders, largely from developing countries and […]
Read More...Virgin Girl Brides Sought for Virility and Good Fortune
May 12, 2011 · , ECPAT International
Published in Child Workers of Asia (April – September 1999) In regard to Vietnam, the situation of trafficking of women and children within and from the country relates to three areas. First, there is trafficking from the northern part of Vietnam to China for marriage andother reasons. Second, there is trafficking from the southern part […]
Read More...Serving Affluent Businessmen and Visitors
May 12, 2011 · , ECPAT international
Published in Child Workers of Asia (April – September 1999) With regard to China, the phenomenon of trafficking is a growing concern. In a UNICEFbacked situation analysis of children and women in China in 1992, it was noted that “occasional abduction of womenandchildrenhasbeenreported to still occur in some rural areas, prompting widespread education against”the practice […]
Read More...Laws Regarding Trafficking of Women and Children in China
May 12, 2011 · By Vitit Muntarbhorn, The Trafficking in Women and Children in the Mekong Sub-region
Published in Child Workers of Asia (April – September 1999) With regards to China, legal measures emanate from the 1991 decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress which called for action to criminalise the following: abduction for sale of women and children; kidnap of women and children, kidnap for purposes of blackmail; […]
Read More...Children Who Are the Victims of Trafficking
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in Child Workers of Asia (April – September 1999) The most disadvantaged regions of the country, where poverty, unemployment, underemployment, landlessness and armed conflict combine to deny many children and their families the prospect of a secure future, are natural target areas for unscrupulous recruitment agencies. These agencies operate particularly in Samr-Leyte,Negros, Bicol, Cebu […]
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