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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 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. 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. 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] [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 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 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 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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