Human Trafficking in [Guyana] [other countries]Street Children in [Guyana] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Guyana |
Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children The
Co-operative Republic of Guyana [map], located in NE South America, is bordered by the Atlantic
Ocean (N), by Suriname (E), by Brazil (S & W), and by Venezuela (W). The capital and largest city is |
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Girls in the Hinterland area in particular are recruited to work as
domestic servants and waitresses in restaurants. The Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
According to the 2001 UNICEF-sponsored Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 27
percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 were economically active.
The majority of children started working between the ages of 10 and 14.
Approximately 45 percent of children worked in the interior regions. The
report indicated that most children were not involved in the worst forms of
child labor, and estimated that 3 percent of the children were involved in
commercial sexual activity. Teenage prostitution
was a problem. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2004 [53] The Committee notes the
results of the studies on the problem of sexual exploitation in the State
party and expresses its concern at the lack of specific data on this issue
and of targeted measures to address it. [59] The Committee notes that the
State party has not ratified the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the
involvement of children in armed conflict. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [45] Sale and trafficking of
children are considered criminal offences in the context of the Adoption of
Children Act, which states that it is not lawful to give to a person any payment
in consideration of the adoption process. Prostitution and
pornography involving children are criminal offences but there were no
reported prosecutions during 2001 and 2002. Concerning protective
intervention, the Probation and Family Welfare Service is mandated to offer
protective care for children in especially difficult circumstances, such as
those children at risk of being sexually abused or exploited by adults. Protection Project Report - Guyana [DOC] GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - The Criminal Law Offence Act criminalizes abduction of an unmarried girl. It also outlaws child prostitution by prohibiting an owner, occupier, or manager of any premises to cause or allow a girl younger than 13 to be on a premises for the purpose of having unlawful sexual intercourse. Committee On
The Rights Of The Child (CRC) Concludes Thirty-Fifth Session With regard to the report of
Guyana … the Committee recommended, among other things, that the State party
raise the age of the minimum sexual consent and the minimum age of criminal
responsibility to an internationally acceptable one; and continue to
strengthen measures aimed at increasing enrolment rates in primary and
secondary education and to further increase attempts to bring dropouts back
to school and other training programs. All material used herein
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Human Trafficking in [Guyana] [other countries]Street Children in [Guyana] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Guyana