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for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims International Organization for
Migration ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Trafficking and
Sexual Exploitation Between Survivors' Rights
International, July 17, 2003 At one time this article
had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 14
September 2011] BACKGROUND - Children from ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Fundación Yupana-ACNNA,
ECPAT International, 2010 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Global_Monitoring_Report-ECUADOR.pdf [accessed 26 August
2020] [SPANISH] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Ecuador.
The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures,
child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for
action against SEC. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ecuador/ [accessed 27 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The age of consent is 14. The law prohibits sexual
exploitation of children, including child pornography, with penalties of 22
to 26 years’ imprisonment. The penalty for sex trafficking for the purposes
of commercial sexual exploitation of children younger than age 18 is 13 to 16
years in prison. Child sex trafficking remained a problem, despite government
enforcement efforts. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 22 August
2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 453] Migrant and refugee
children from other Latin American countries, girls from poor families, and indigenous
and Afro-Ecuadorian girls are used in commercial sexual exploitation. (2,12) Commercial sexual exploitation in Ecuador also occurs
near illegal mining sites. (2,16,17) Venezuelan,
Colombian, and Peruvian girls are trafficked for commercial sexual
exploitation in Ecuador. (10,12) Sex trafficking
networks also recruit children from schools, and, increasingly, through
social media platforms which encourage children to recruit their friends and
classmates. (12,14) On Ecuador’s northern border,
children are forcibly recruited to engage in drug trafficking and robbery.
(12) The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/ecuador.htm [accessed 3 February
2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The commercial sexual exploitation of children
occurs in Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 3 June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/ecuador2005.html [accessed 3 February
2011] [69] The Committee takes
note with appreciation of the considerable efforts undertaken by the State
party, and the various studies conducted by different institutions regarding
the issue of sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, as reported by
the State party. The Committee expresses its deep concern at the high number
of children involved in commercial sexual exploitation and at the
insufficient measures adopted by the State party in this regard. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 2004 www.acpd.ca/compilation/2006/05-icescr/5c.htm#ECUADOR [accessed 9 May
2011] Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , 19 March 2008 [accessed 5 November
2016] [26] The Committee
is deeply concerned about the high incidence of sexual abuse, prostitution of
girls and boys under the age of 18 in urban areas, exploitation of children
and the lack of a comprehensive strategy to address these problems. [24] The Committee
is concerned about trafficking in minors, especially indigenous minors. The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/ecuador.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
- An
estimated 5,200 girls and adolescents are sexually exploited in 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] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Country Narrative gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Ecuador-2.htm [accessed 9 May
2011] Country
information: child-hood.com www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=710&type=6&type=6 [accessed 9 May
2011] COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TOURISM - Investigations show
that in 1999 every second child came from a family that was not able to pay
for food, housing, education, and medical care. As a consequence, these
children do not go to school, and 20.5% are forced to start work at ages
between 5 and 9 years and 53% between 10 and 14 years. In a country that is
struggling against underemployment and employment, often the only opportunity
to offer itself is prostitution. They then become victims of exploitation by
traffickers and sex tourists. Regional
Governmental Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF] Susana Cifuentes, Beyond Myths, National Child and Family Institute
(INNFA) www.iin.oas.org/Congreso%20Explotation%20Sexual/Ecuador_ing.PDF [accessed 19
November 2016] ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61726.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
- The country was a source, transit, and destination country for persons
trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor. The most recent
statistics, from a 2002 International Labor Organization report, estimated
5,200 minors were engaged in prostitution.
Ecuadorians were trafficked to Western Europe, primarily All
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