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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Sexual abuse common among street children Amran, Brebes' friend, started living on the streets after his parents divorced and his father remarried without telling him. By the age of eight, Amran had already experienced the hard life of a street child, working as a shoe polisher at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta, where he was also sexually abused. "When I was a shoe polisher one of my consumers sexually abused me and gave me Rp 3,000 (US33 cents)," said Amran, 19, who works odd jobs to make a living.He said at the time he did not understand what had happened to him. "I spent the money to play a pinball machine game," he said. "But as time passed, I learned that the person had treated me badly." He said most of his friends living on the streets had been sexually abused by adults. "In fact, some of them make a living out of it," he said. - SCCP ***
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The Indonesian government reports that 6 to 12 million Indonesian
children are involved in the worst forms of child labor, identified as
prostitution; child trafficking; etc. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of Indonesia participates in a USDOL supported ILO-IPEC Timebound Program to progressively eliminate the worst
forms of child labor. The program is being implemented from 2004-2009
and focuses on five National Action priority sectors: offshore and deep-sea
fishing, child prostitution, mining, footwear industry and drug trafficking. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Commercial sexual exploitation
of children continued to be a serious problem. The number of child prostitutes in the country was unclear;
however, a 2004 ILO assessment estimated there were approximately 21 thousand
child prostitutes on the During the year there were cases
in which employment brokers paid parents advances of future salaries to be
earned by their daughters. The child was required to repay the employment
brokers. Researchers described a "culture of prostitution" in some parts of
the country, where parents encouraged their daughters to work as big-city prostitutes and send the proceeds
home. NGO observers said many girls were
forced into prostitution after
failed marriages they had entered into when they were 10 to 14 years of age.
There was no obvious violation of the law, because their paperwork identified
them as adults due to the fact they were once married Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [81] The Committee welcomes the launching of the National Plan
of Action for the Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
in 2002. However, the Committee is concerned that existing legislation
does not provide effective protection (e.g. the age limit for sexual consent
of 12 years is too low) and that child victims of sexual exploitation often
do not receive adequate protection and/or recovery assistance. The
Committee is also concerned about the lack of information about how the
National Plan of Action will be carried out at the provincial and district
levels. [82] The Committee wishes to
reiterate its opinion that child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation can
never be held responsible or guilty of such acts. Indonesia
Seeks Dignified Relationship With Korea An Indonesian government leader
has asked Koreans to show respect to her nation, referring to foreigners
reportedly using child prostitutes in Bali. ``We hope to have a dignified
relationship with Korea and want Korean people to respect Indonesia. There
are many foreigners who look for child prostitution in Bali, although having
sex with children is subject to severe punishment,’’ the minister said in an
interview with The Korea Times Wednesday.
The minister’s remarks indicate that the Indonesian government wants
to prevent sex trade in the country by asking other countries to take a more
active role, instead of his country metering out severe punishment to sex
tourists. Child sex traders or abusers
can be sentenced to a maximum 15 years in prison in Indonesia, but the
country is rather lenient on foreigners as it is concerned that the strict
control of foreigners would damage the tourism business. Sexual
abuse common among street children Amran, Brebes'
friend, started living on the streets after his parents divorced and his
father remarried without telling him. By the age of eight, Amran had already experienced the hard life of a street
child, working as a shoe polisher at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta, where he was also sexually
abused. "When I was a shoe polisher
one of my consumers sexually abused me and gave me Rp
3,000 (US33 cents)," said Amran, 19, who works
odd jobs to make a living.He said at the time he
did not understand what had happened to him. "I spent the money to play
a pinball machine game," he said. "But as time passed, I learned
that the person had treated me badly." He said most of his friends living
on the streets had been sexually abused by adults. "In fact, some of
them make a living out of it," he said. Psychologist Tika
Bisono said many street children fall victim to
sexual abuse, with some deciding to make a living from it due to their
economic situation. "At first they are shocked, but eventually many see
abuse as an economic opportunity because they can make money out of it,"
she said. - SCCP Indonesia News Digest 4 – January 24-31, 2007 HEALTH AND EDUCATION - GROUPS PROTESTS VIOLENCE IN
CLASS - The KPAI also told the hearing that it was concerned by the booming
child prostitution trade in Indonesia, blaming it on increasing poverty
levels and consumption-driven lifestyles in urban areas. KPAI data show
that between 40,000 children and 70,000 children in 23 of 26 monitored
provinces have been employed in prostitution. Child
trafficking on rise in Indonesia "We only have to walk through
Kuta or any other tourist area at night to see for
ourselves the many young girls working in the street, or in many of the
clubs, karaoke bars or even hotels operating in the area," she
said. "Adolescent children who
drop out of school are the most vulnerable.
"They are trapped by poor education, with little or no work
opportunities. As such they are easy prey for traffickers." Ministry of Women Empowerment
child protection assistant deputy Soepalarto Soedibjo said there had been a "significant
increase" of sexual exploitation of children, with no significant
improvement despite recent efforts to fight the problem. Makassar Has Sixth Highest Amount of Child Prostitution
Cases The National Commission for Child
Protection has said that the City of Makassar,
South Sulawesi, has the sixth highest amount of
child prostitution cases out of 12 provinces. According to him, the sexual
exploitation of children under 18 years of age in Indonesia now reaches
between 75,000 and 90,000. Rusin Tompo from LISAN said that in one area in Makassar,
in Panampu Subdistrict
with a population of 13,622, a total of 766 children aged between five and 12
have had to stop attending school due to financial factors. Terrible
cost of trading in children Smith, 48, was arrested in August.
But there is growing evidence that across Indonesia widespread child abuse continues.
In Jakarta, one phone call can summon a broker who presents a photographic
menu of youngsters for delivery to homes or hotels for less than $50. On the
holiday islands of Bali and Lombok, The Age
was offered boys and girls as young as 13 by pimps working the streets of
seaside resorts, and children reeled off the names of several Australian
"regulars". The victims, aged 14 to 17, were
promised jobs in Jakarta as domestic workers, but were then flown to West
Kalimantan province on the Indonesian side of Borneo and taken across the
border into Malaysia, sometimes using false travel documents. The
Status and Trends of HIV/AIDS/STI epidemics in Asia
and the Pacific [DOC] FIGURE 15 - Since the economic crisis
developed in Indonesia in 1998, the number of children living on the streets
of large cities has increased. Many of these children have sex, and for
some of them sex is their source of income. Recent studies among street
children in Jakarta and Central Java found that between a quarter and a third
of the children were sexually active and only six percent had ever used a
condom. Not surprisingly, many were infected with STIs:
in Jakarta, one child in seven had a history of STI
and one in 20 were injecting drugs. Economic hardship forces children into prostitution "I didn't have money and I
had dropped out of school. I finally sold what I had, my body," she
said. Most of her earnings were used to buy drugs, and the remainder to
fulfill her everyday needs. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [46] In September 2002, Parliament
passed a bill on child protection which will oblige the State to provide special
protection for child victims of neglect, trafficking, exploitation or abuse
and torture, and for children in conflict situations. The bill
also provides for stiff penalties for those involved in the sale and
trafficking of children. The Law on Child Protection criminalizes
any individual, organization or body that engages in child prostitution or
child pornography. The Law also states that the Government and the
community are responsible for providing special protection for children whether
they are victims or perpetrators. This paper reports the findings
from research on the domestic legislation and legal procedures in Indonesia http://www.warrenssingapore.com/report_indonesia.htm THE FLESH TRADE - The International Labor Organization (ILO) says thousands of children in Java have been forced into prostitution by their parents and others. The ILO said its researchers found more than 21,000 prostituted children, some as young as 15, during a study of Jakarta and all Javanese provinces except Banten. "Poverty, lack of educational facilities, traditional views on economic values of a girl and loose social control are identified as the main characteristics of the sending areas," the organization said in a statement. Real Lives
- Fighting Sexual Exploitation And Trafficking In Indonesia Yani was 15 when her boyfriend lured
her away from home with false promises of a lucrative job and a chance to
continue her education. "My pimp
stopped giving me money and just supplied me with drugs," says Dewi. "I got worse and worse. I lived from hotel
room to hotel room, and worked wherever a client wanted me, here in A Jakarta
NGO Is Building Alternatives To Prostitution YKB is now working to tackle poverty
and low levels of education in Bongas in an attempt
to undermine the processes by which the young women in the area become
involved in prostitution. The program’s main aims are to increase parents’
awareness of the importance of education for their children and also to
motivate children to stay in school. Poverty, ignorance and unenforced laws fuel an industry that has sold 70,000
children into prostitution overseas.
It is not something any government likes to make public, but the
figures say it all: Curbing Batam Sex: Stop, she's too young [Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:05 pm] Up to 40 per cent of the estimated
19,000 sex workers in Batam are under 18. Some are as young as 12. Many are tricked into leaving rural
villages with job offers, but arrive to find themselves sold to brothels. Sexual
Abuse, Sexual Exploitation, and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children Given the social stigma, children
are generally anxious about their involvement being discovered, particularly
by people close to them. They operate clandestinely in small groups, using
secret codes, which are changed immediately when publicly disclosed. As was
reported recently, of 100 young females interviewed, aged 12-19 years who
were involved in such a covert prostitution, 82 claimed that their parents
were not aware of their secret activity. The industry is driven
by growing market demand, especially for girls aged 14-18 years, who are
considered free of disease. The high
price a virgin fetches makes the search for them a highly profitable
business. [page 40] THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE EAP REGION - As with trafficking, it is difficult to estimate the number of children and women being exploited in the commercial sex industry. The highest concentration of child sex workers is believed to be in the Greater Mekong sub-region, which consists of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of China. In some of these countries, children are reported to account for around one-third of all sex workers. A survey in Cambodia found that 30 – 35 per cent of sex workers were between 12-17 years of age.v Yet the problem also exists beyond the sub-region. In Indonesia, 60 per cent of registered prostitutes were found to be between the ages of 15 to 20 years of age. These figures are mere indications of the extent of the problem in the region. All material used herein
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