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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Sex Trade Thrives in Afghanistan www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25164944/ abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5123726 The girl was 11 when she was
molested by a man with no legs. The man paid her $5. And that was how she
started selling sex. The girl is now 13, and her features have just sharpened
into striking beauty. She speaks four languages — the local languages of Pashtu and Dari, the Urdu she picked up as a refugee in
Pakistan and the English she learned in a $2.40-a-month course she pays for
herself in Kabul. She is the breadwinner in her family of 10. She does
not know what a condom is. She has not heard of AIDS. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - The
Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Afghanistan is a country of origin and transit for
children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage,
labor, domestic servitude, slavery, crime, and the removal of body organs.
Since early 2003, there have been increasing reports of children reported as
missing throughout the country. It is also reported that impoverished Afghan
families have sold their children into forced sexual exploitation, marriage,
and labor. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices - 2006 CHILDREN - According to a recent UNHCR report, the practice of using young boys as objects
of pleasure by commanders, tribal leaders, and others was more than a rare
occurrence. Such relations were often coercive and opportunistic in that more
influential, older men were taking advantage of the poor economic situation
of some families and young males, leaving them with little choice. There were
also a few documented cases of abduction of young boys for sexual
exploitation by commanders. The MOI recorded at
least 130 cases of rape of young boys during the year. There were no child
labor laws or other legislation to protect child abuse victims. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – There
were continued reports of poor families promising young girls in marriage to
satisfy family debts. There were a number of reports that children,
particularly from the south and southeast, were trafficked to Pakistan to
work in factories, or internally for commercial sexual exploitation in
brothels. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS - Trafficking victims, especially those trafficked for sexual
exploitation, faced societal discrimination, particularly in their home villages,
and the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. At year's end according to the AIHRC, authorities repatriated 317 children from Sex Trade Thrives in Afghanistan www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25164944/ abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5123726 The girl was 11 when she was
molested by a man with no legs. The man paid her $5. And that was how she
started selling sex. The girl is now 13, and her features have just sharpened
into striking beauty. She speaks four languages — the local languages of Pashtu and Dari, the Urdu she picked up as a refugee in
Pakistan and the English she learned in a $2.40-a-month course she pays for
herself in Kabul. She is the breadwinner in her family of 10. She does
not know what a condom is. She has not heard of AIDS. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan has conducted surveys in four camps in
Pakistan, and discovered that many children have become involved in
prostitution. Many children have ended up on the streets where they often
lack basic education and live in extreme poverty. Additionally, many of them
are in deep depression and addicted to opium. Save the Environment - Report
Documents Poverty And Social Misery In Afghanistan Children have been the primary
victims of more than two decades of conflict. Of the estimated 1.5 million
people killed during this period, some 300,000 were children. Abduction and
trafficking in children is now a rapidly growing threat, with the most common
forms of trafficking being child prostitution, forced labor, slavery,
servitude and the removal of body organs. TRAFFICKING
AND EXPLOITATION -
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