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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the first ten years of the 21st
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Gender Profile of the Conflict in Burundi [DOC] THE IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT ON BURUNDIAN WOMEN - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND RIGHTS - The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burundi reported in 2001 that child prostitution was reaching "disquieting proportions." Causes for child prostitution are often war-related, such as the destruction of traditional community support structures, increased numbers of orphans due to combat, HIV and abandonment and the inaccessibility of other means of financial sustenance. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – BACKGROUND - Rape, child prostitution and
exploitative child labor remain all too common. An estimated 7,000 children
have been used as soldiers. U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child prostitution is also a problem. There are reports that child
trafficking occurs both within Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 WOMEN - The law prohibits prostitution; however,
it was a problem. There were reports that soldiers and rebels sexually exploited women and young
girls residing near military installations and rebel camps. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2000 [75] The Committee is concerned
that children have been the victims of sexual exploitation, sometimes by
those persons who are responsible for their care. [76] The Committee recommends that
the State party make every effort to end and prevent the sexual exploitation
or abuse of children, giving particular attention to children living in
camps. The
Protection Project - Burundi [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Women and girls are trafficked
to European cities and to South Africa for prostitution. The number of
children trafficked from Burundi to the United Kingdom has increased in
recent years. Parents often pay significant sums to send their children to
the United Kingdom, believing that their children will have a better life
there. On arriving, however, girls from African countries are threatened with
voodoo curses to make them think that if they tell anyone about the
traffickers, they and their families will die. They are told that the only
way to remove the curse is to repay the money they owe to the traffickers,
which is usually about UKŁ25,000. 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
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COUNTRY UPDATES – Analysis
of the Situation of Sexual Exploitation of Children, East & South Africa
Region 3.1 MAGNITUDE AND LINK BETWEEN
HIV/AIDS AND CSEC - MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM – There is little quantifiable data on CSEC in the
region. However, there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that sexual
exploitation and abuse (including commercial sexual exploitation of children)
is a massive problem. Indeed, there is a clear indication that sexual abuse
and exploitation of children within the home, school and workplace is
widespread in the region. Such children are more likely to end up in
commercial sex work (Kaponda, 2000). In Burundi, the government admits that as a result of poverty, children frequently abandon their families at an early age to look for a job, which may be in prostitution. Gender Profile of the Conflict in Burundi [DOC] THE
IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT ON BURUNDIAN WOMEN - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND RIGHTS - The Special Rapporteur on Human
Rights in Watchlist Country Report on Burundi EDUCATION - In interviews with the Women’s
Commission for Refugee Women and Children in 2000, Burundian women expressed concern
about children and adolescents’ lack of access to school. They reiterated the
needs to raise levels of school attendance and literacy, and again offer
children and adolescents alternatives to violence and prostitution. Since
2000, the access to education has further deteriorated due to insecurity.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that state funding for educational and other
social programs is unevenly allocated around the country in favor of the
Tutsi population, thereby limiting access to secondary school and university
and professional opportunities for certain groups. Human Rights Overview - Burundi JUSTICE - Despite frequent calls for
justice, both national and international actors appear driven more by
expediency than real concern for accountability. The late 2003 agreement
between the government and the FDD, generally supported by the international
community, granted “provisional immunity” to all combatants and leaders of
both forces, meaning that justice for their crimes would be at least
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