Human Trafficking in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]
Street Children in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Republic of Guinea-Bissau [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau [map] is located in W Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (W), by Senegal (N), and ny Guinea (E & S). The country includes the nearby Bijagós (Bissagos) Archipelago and other islands in the Atlantic. Bissau is its capital and its only large city. One of the 10 poorest countries in the world, Guinea-Bissau depends mainly on farming and fishing. The inequality of income distribution is one of the most extreme in the world. The government and international donors continue to work out plans to forward economic development from a lamentably low base.

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ECPAT – On-line form for reporting child prostitution and other sexual offences against children

Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Guinea-Bissau, and Years Missing

National Plan of Action

U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs

INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - In addition, commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs, but the extent of the problem is unknown.

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

CHILDREN - Child marriage occurred among all ethnic groups, but no reliable data existed to quantify the problem. Girls who fled arranged marriages often were forced into prostitution to support themselves. Local NGOs worked to protect the rights of women and children and operated programs to fight child marriage and to protect the victims of child marriage.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2002

[54] The Committee is concerned by the lack of information regarding the activities of the very high proportion of children who do not go to school. There are indicators that these children may, in urban areas, be involved in prostitution or may spend much time on the street where they are vulnerable to many kinds of exploitation (for example, in drug-trafficking, sexual exploitation, drug abuse).

ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC]

[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – GUINEA-BISSAU – Guinea-Bissau has an ever-increasing number of child laborers and street children. The economic crisis and instability are hitting children the hardest, resulting in a rise in child prostitution and child trafficking, especially to neighboring Senegal. NGOs think that although the issue of child trafficking has received some attention and publicity recently in West and Central Africa, trafficking of children from Guinea-Bissau has been largely ignored. The local press has also reported incidents of child prostitution.

ECPAT: Guinea-Bissau

Child prostitution, mainly for survival, is on the increase and it takes place mainly in clubs, bars and hotels and these places have no control over their activities. The local press often reports incidents of rape, pedophilia and pornography involving children. There is no specific law that protects children against CSEC. The Government does not see the issue as a priority and it is only NGOs that are taking some positive actions, especially in the areas of information and sensitization campaigns, education and training.

Human Trafficking in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]
Street Children in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Guinea-Bissau] [other countries]