Human Trafficking in [Eritrea] [other countries]Street Children in [Eritrea] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Eritrea |
Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In
the first ten years of the 21st Century -
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Eritrea, a Nation in Overall Crisis: Coping Strategies in Hard Times delina.org/en/eyewitness-account/133-iii-eritrea-a-nation-in-overall-crisis-coping-strategies-in-hard-times-
COPING STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMMON
BOTH TO URBAN AND RURAL SETTING AREA 7. Prostitution and child labour: As the bread winners of the households are
absent, families resort to sending their children to work in different
economic activities such as restaurants, bars, and other activities such as
being street vendors. Some of the underage girls finally end up as sex
workers. Many adult women also resort to the prostitution as a coping
strategy. However, as the government targets and sends the sex workers and
children who are street vendors or street children or any child or adult
person out of school to military training, mere observation of the number of
sex workers and of children engaged in the above mentioned activities does
not give the actual picture of the scale of child labour
and prostitution in the country. - sccp ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs [PDF] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In Eritrea, children work on the street, in the agricultural
sector, and as domestic servants.
Children living in rural areas often work in family businesses,
including subsistence farming, and engage in such activities as fetching
firewood and water, and herding livestock. Children are expected to work from
about age 5 by looking after livestock and working in the fields. For
children working in urban areas street vending is typical, however this is
not widely prevalent. Many underage apprentices work in shops and workshops
such as garages or metal workshops in towns.
Children are reportedly involved in prostitution. However, specific
data on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Eritrea is lacking.
Although the law prohibits recruitment of children under
18 into the armed forces, concerns exist regarding the training and
recruiting of children for military service. Bur of
Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008 CHILDREN - The law criminalizes child prostitution,
pornography, and sexual exploitation; however, there were reports that
children participated in prostitution. The
Protection Project - Eritrea [DOC] www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/eritrea.doc FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Most reported cases of
trafficking in persons in Eritrea concern the buying and selling of children.
There are credible reports that children between the ages of 14 and 18 have
been used as soldiers, and it is widely acknowledged that children fought
during the war for independence from Ethiopia. In addition, displaced women and children
fleeing conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia have ended up in prostitution
in Djibouti. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - The 4,200-strong United Nations Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE), composed of United Nations soldiers and military observers, has been
deployed in the buffer zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea since the signing of
the peace accords in December 2000.
The presence of these troops has worried many Eritreans,
who are concerned about the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus. Their fears were
heightened by reports from Cambodia that peacekeepers had helped spread HIV
there. Foreign soldiers have been
accused of purchasing sex from Eritrean children. Worst
Forms of Child Labour Data www.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/eritrea.html
CHILD
PROSTITUTION AND PORNOGRAPHY GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS - In 1999, the Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare carried out a survey on
commercial sex workers in the country. Although the study was on commercial
sex workers in general and not child commercial sex workers in particular,
the results of the survey threw some light on the extent and nature of child
prostitution in the country. The survey revealed that 5% of sex workers
surveyed were children between the ages of 14-17 years. It also indicated
that a majority of the children entered the trade at an early age, with most
of them starting off as street children and bar maids. Reports indicate that
child prostitution is on the increase in the country. (III)
Eritrea, a Nation in Overall Crisis: Coping Strategies in Hard Times delina.org/en/eyewitness-account/133-iii-eritrea-a-nation-in-overall-crisis-coping-strategies-in-hard-times-
COPING STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMMON
BOTH TO URBAN AND RURAL SETTING AREA 7. Prostitution and child labour: As the bread winners of the households are
absent, families resort to sending their children to work in different
economic activities such as restaurants, bars, and other activities such as
being street vendors. Some of the underage girls finally end up as sex
workers. Many adult women also resort to the prostitution as a coping
strategy. However, as the government targets and sends the sex workers and
children who are street vendors or street children or any child or adult
person out of school to military training, mere observation of the number of
sex workers and of children engaged in the above mentioned activities does
not give the actual picture of the scale of child labour
and prostitution in the country. – sccp [Click here
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