Human Trafficking in [China] [other countries]
Street Children in [China] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [China] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

People’s Republic of China [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The People's Republic of China [map] is located in E Asia and is clearly the most populous country in the world. China has a 4,000-mi (6,400-km) coast that fronts on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. It is elsewhere bounded by Russia and North Korea (E), by Russia and Mongolia (N), by Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (W), and by India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam (S). Its capital is Beijing; and Shanghai is its largest city. China's current process of "modernization" is of a speed, scale and scope probably unprecedented in human history. 2008 will mark the 30th anniversary year of China's "reform and opening up" policies, which have achieved fairly steady economic growth.

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ECPAT – On-line form for reporting child prostitution and other sexual offences against children

Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (China), and Years Missing

National Plan of Action

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – There were reports that women and girls from Burma, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam, and Russia were trafficked into the country either to work in the sex trade or for forced marriages. Past reports noted that trafficking of North Korean women and girls into the country to work in the sex industry was widespread in the northeastern part of the country, but reliable sources suggested that the practice has decreased.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005

DATA COLLECTION - The Committee regrets the limited statistical data on sexual exploitation and cross-border trafficking included in the State party’s report, both with regard to mainland China and Macau SAR. It is further concerned that the data refers almost exclusively to the number of women and children rescued rather than those abducted, and that data often refers to different time periods, which hampers the accurate assessment and monitoring of the situation regarding the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

[C.6] INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION - The Committee notes with appreciation the increased regional cooperation between the State party and neighboring countries, such as Vietnam. However, it is concerned about reports of increased cross-border trafficking of girls, both from and to the State party, apparently for the purposes of sexual exploitation and prostitution.

China tries to break child prostitution ring

China is offering a 100,000 yuan (US$13,200) reward for information that leads to the detention of a couple who are believed to have forced primary and high school children into prostitution, the Beijing News said on Wednesday.

A similar case was reported earlier this month in Guizhou, the newspaper reported. Two teachers forced at least 18 children aged between 13 and 17 into prostitution.

ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC]

[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG) – The Agenda for Action is little known in China and no national plan has been developed. CSEC is not identified as a problem and the trafficking of children is the only area that has been addressed by the government.

Russian Federation [PDF]

CHILD TRAFFICKING - Reportedly 15,000 women and children were trafficked into "sex slavery" in China. There are reports of children being kidnapped or purchased from orphanages for sexual abuse, child pornography, and body parts.

Youth Peer Education Program on Life Skills, Reproductive Health, STIs, and HIV/AIDS

The target population of the youth peer education program in China is youth aged 15 to 30 years. The program makes youth less vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation by giving them life skills. In focusing on HIV/AIDS, the program helps combat one of the worst side effects of commercial sexual exploitation.

The Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children

[12] The representative of the Government of China expressed her Government’s appreciation of ECPAT’s contributions to addressing the CSEC issue, and of the ECPAT presentation. It indicated that it would strengthen its collaboration with ECPAT, ESCAP and UNICEF on this issue, including through the sharing of information.

Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women

[17] WHAT HAS THIS PROJECT ACHIEVED? - In 2004, in China and Lao PDR, the Governments have replicated the project’s practices in other provinces.

MISSION STATEMENT - to help eliminate the sexual and labor exploitation of children and women in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region by reducing their vulnerability, and preventing their exposure, to human traffickers and exploitative employers.

People Trafficking and Child Exploitation: Australia's Aid Program Response

THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM (HRTC) - Since 1997, Australia has provided supported for activities under the HRTC, which has assisted in strengthening the promotion, protection and administration of human rights in China. This has included a number of training activities and workshops for officials and community-level workers on practical methods to combat trafficking of women and children. In 2003-04, Australia will provide a total of $1.4 million for the HRTC, including $117,800 for a regional anti-trafficking workshop, involving Chinese officials, in Vietnam and Thailand.

New Weapons Against Child Trafficking In Asia

In Asia, trafficking in children both between and within various countries is on the increase. In recent years, large numbers of children from Cambodia, China, Laos and Myanmar have been forced to work as prostitutes in Thailand. Both girls and boys from poor rural areas are lured by professional recruiters and traffickers with promises of legitimate jobs.

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Human Trafficking in [China] [other countries]
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