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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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from the web to illuminate the situation in *** FEATURED
ARTICLE *** 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At one time this article had been archived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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) In the DRC, there are a number of well known CSEC phenomena. Shegues is a phenomenon describing young children between the age of 13 and 16 who have left home and live and survive solely from prostitution in the street. Kamuke or Petit Poussins refers to young boys aged between 10 to 17 who are offered money and luxury goods by older businesswomen in exchange for sex. Filles Londoniennes are girls aged between 12 and 15 who offer sexual services in exchange for money in urban areas of the country. In the DRC, the practice also exists whereby a visiting local dignitary is given a young girl by his hosts to satisfy his sexual pleasures. This practice is referred to as Filles Encadreurs. However, reports indicate that as a result of local campaigns, this practice is no longer widespread. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - The
Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs Children in the DRC have been
negatively affected by continuing armed conflict. The number of orphans and
street children is reported to be on the rise. In November 2003, the UN
Special Rapporteur to the DRC reported that there were large numbers of child
refugees and war orphans engaged in street work, including begging and
prostitution. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices - 2005 WOMEN - The law does not prohibit
prostitution except in cases involving children under the age of 14.
Prostitution, including child prostitution, was a problem mainly due to poor
economic conditions, and there were reports of women and girls pressured or
forced to engage in prostitution by their families. There was no statistical
information available on the extent of adult or child prostitution in the
country. Security forces encouraged prostitution and used prostitutes, and
there were unconfirmed reports that security forces harassed and raped
prostitutes. TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - Internal trafficking for forced
labor and forced sexual exploitation occurred and child prostitution were
reported. The majority of reported trafficking occurred in the northeast and
east. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2006 [DOC] [81] While welcoming the study on the sexual
exploitation of children which is being conducted with UNICEFs 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. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 [68] The Committee is deeply
concerned by information, including for example in the State party's report,
of the trading, trafficking, kidnapping and use for pornography of young
girls and boys within the State party, or from the State party to another
country, and that domestic legislation does not sufficiently protect children
from trafficking. Children
in Congo forced into exorcisms www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-20-childwitch_N.htm
THROWN INTO STREETS - Mushiete
works with street children who have been accused of witchcraft. He says homeless
children are frequently raped and beaten, even by police. Drug use is
rampant. Girls often resort to prostitution, leaving their own babies to
sleep on the side of the road at night while they sell themselves. - sccp Children
of Congo: From War to Witches [video] Dan Balluff
reports that over five million people have died during the past decade as a
result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few people are
aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction
that has occurred in this vast country deep in the heart of Africa. In the
aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the
suffering. This 67 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street
children living in Kinshasa and confirms the wide-spread accusations of child
witchcraft, torture and child prostitution. The film also examines the
efforts to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and
orphaned children following the eruption of the massive Nyiragongo
volcano, near the city of Goma in Eastern Congo.
These heroic efforts are finally bringing some measure of hope and stability
to the lives of the Congolese people. UN
troops in DR Congo accused of sexual abuse The sources said Indian MONUC
peacekeepers in Masisi were accused of paying for
sex with young Congolese girls near the force's camp between mid-2007 and
early 2008. The United Nations in 2005 stated
a "zero tolerance" approach to its troops having sex with the
Congolese. MONUC logged 140 cases of alleged sexual abuse or prostitution
involving its personnel from December 2004 to August 2006. UN reports child prostitution in Congo peacekeeping mission www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1191445.php/UN_reports_child_prostitution_in_Congo_peacekeeping_mission news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/news/article_1191445.php/UN_reports_child_prostitution_in_Congo_peacekeeping_mission The UN has launched an
investigation into serious allegations that UN peacekeepers in the Democratic
Republic of Congo had engaged in financing child prostitution, a spokesman
said Thursday. The case was first
thought to have involved Congolese soldiers in the northeastern region of
South Kibu, but it was discovered that UN
peacekeepers were part of the ring of child prostitution, said Stephane Dujarric. 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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(DRC) In the DRC, there are a number of well known CSEC
phenomena. Shegues is a phenomenon describing
young children between the age of 13 and 16 who have left home and live and
survive solely from prostitution in the street. Kamuke
or Petit Poussins refers to young boys aged
between 10 to 17 who are offered money and luxury goods by older
businesswomen in exchange for sex. Filles Londoniennes are girls aged between 12 and 15 who offer
sexual services in exchange for money in urban areas of the country. In the
DRC, the practice also exists whereby a visiting local dignitary is given a
young girl by his hosts to satisfy his sexual pleasures. This practice is
referred to as Filles Encadreurs.
However, reports indicate that as a result of local campaigns, this practice
is no longer widespread. ECPAT:
UN Reforms Aim To End Sexual Abuse By Peacekeepers www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/168/40951.html www.ecpatinternational.com/eng/Ecpat_inter/IRC/newsdesk_articles.asp?SCID=1610 In recent years UN peace missions have been marked by allegations that some peacekeeping troops have sexually exploited the very people they were sent to protect. The alleged abuses, most notably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have ranged from the exchange of food, money, or goods for sex, to the sexual exploitation of minors. Child Witches: The Democratic Republic of the Congo www.thefullmonte.com/congo.htm Contents from this article had
appeared under a different title and may possibly still be accessible [here]
There are female as well as male
children. The females have an advantage - if you could call it that - in that
they can sell their bodies. Child prostitution is common among them. Age does
not seem to be a barrier to entry, girls as young as five are reported to be
selling themselves for money. US Senator Sam Brownback visits Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo brownback.senate.gov/english/africajournal.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
We listened to one young girl's
story as she held a baby on her hip. At the young age of 10 or 11 years
old these girls are abducted into the militias and serve as wives or
sex-slaves to the commanders until they became pregnant and are then turned
to the streets. Others are given or sold by their own families in the
hopes that the village would be spared from violence. All material used herein
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