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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child prostitution on the rise in Congo Independent
Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/africa/child-prostitution-on-the-rise-in-congo-1.418509 [accessed
4 May 2011] Child prostitution has reached
alarmingly high levels in A 2003 World Bank-backed study
found that 120 000 people suffered from HIV or Aids in ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf [accessed 2 November 2010] INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children work with their
families on farms or in informal business activities.1122 In Brazzaville and
other urban centers, there are significant numbers of street children,
primarily from the neighboring Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 6, 2007 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78729.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CHILDREN - There were isolated cases of
child prostitution among street children. The prevalence of the problem
remained unclear. According to reports from international and local NGOs and
other observers, these cases were not linked to trafficking but were efforts
by some street children to survive. International organizations assisted with
programs to feed and shelter street children. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 29 September
2006 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/congo2006.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [81] While welcoming the study on the sexual
exploitation of children which is being conducted with UNICEF’s support, the
Committee expresses concern at sexual harassment in schools. It is also
concerned at the fact that sexual exploitation of children is a widespread
practice. The Committee is also concerned at the fact that the Portella Law prohibiting the presence of children in bars
and night clubs is not enforced. [83] While noting that the State party has ratified the
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation
of the Prostitution of Others on 25 August 1977, the Committee is concerned
at the absence of legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons,
particularly children. Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 12/05/2000 www.acpd.ca/compilation/2006/05-icescr/5c.htm#CONGO [accessed
4 May 2011] 21. The Committee expresses its
grave concern regarding the decline of the standard of health in the Republic
of the Child prostitution on the rise in Congo Independent
Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/africa/child-prostitution-on-the-rise-in-congo-1.418509 [accessed
4 May 2011] Child prostitution has reached
alarmingly high levels in A 2003 World Bank-backed study
found that 120 000 people suffered from HIV or Aids in The Protection Project - Republic of the The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/congor.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - By 2010, an estimated 20 million children under the age of 15 in
Sub-Saharan Africa will have lost one or both parents from HIV/AIDS. Those
children are left extremely vulnerable to trafficking for forced labor,
forced prostitution, or forced combat. The economic collapse of the
1990s, coupled with the rise in households headed by females, may have
contributed to an increase in informal prostitution. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report on
implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [page 59] – Although CSEC is reported to be a
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