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FEATURED ARTICLE *** lyris.spc.int/read/messages?id=51271 [accessed 10 June 2011] Children in Pacific Island
countries are at high risk of being traded for sex by family members and
friends, a United Nations study has found, Stuff NZ reports. The report from studies in five Pacific
Island countries found an alarming degree of sexual abuse and sexual
exploitation of children and that "children are most at risk in their
homes and communities and with people they know and trust". The report, by the UN Children's
Fund Pacific, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
and End Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children
for Sexual Purposes, is based on studies in 2004 and 2005 in Fiji, Kiribati,
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The report in its summary said the
five studies confirmed that in each country children were sexually abused by
family members and neighbours, and that child
prostitution, child pornography, early marriage, child sex tourism and
trafficking occurred. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2006 www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2005/tda2005.pdf [accessed
28 November 2010] CHILD LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Penal Code criminalizes the procurement
of minors under 15 years of age for the purpose of sexual relations and
establishes a penalty of 2 years of imprisonment for such offenses. The Penal
Code also bans parents or guardians from prostituting children under 15 years
old. Child labor laws are enforced by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and
Employment. Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78776.htm [accessed
17 February 2011] CHILDREN - UNICEF and other international
NGOs identified child prostitution as a problem. Specifically, workers on
foreign fishing vessels often exploited underage girls. A study conducted in
June 2005 by the National Youth Commission of the Republic of Korea and a
Korea-based children's rights group, and a regional report on commercial
sexual exploitation of children in the Pacific published during the year by
UNICEF, both highlighted commercial sexual exploitation of underage girls by
crew members of foreign fishing vessels that stopped in Kiribati. The reports
estimated that approximately 20 to 80 girls were involved in such
prostitution. Some of the girls worked as prostitutes in bars frequented by
crewmembers, and local I-Kiribati often acted as facilitators, delivering
girls to the boats. According to the reports the girls generally received
cash, food, or goods in exchange for sexual services. The lack of a legal ban
on prostitution hindered police efforts to stem the practice, which
continued. During the year the government, with assistance from UNICEF and
other NGOs, was working on a national plan to combat child prostitution and
child sexual abuse. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 29 September
2006 www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/829/1007/document/en/text.html [accessed 1 March 2011] [60] The Committee is concerned at the reported
increase in commercial sexual exploitation of children in Kiribati. Prostitution and Pacific fishing Ben Bohane Greenpeace International,
www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/fish-and-sex-trade131006/ [accessed 10 June 2011] KORAKOREA GIRLS - There is no law against
prostitution in KATHY - One girl involved in the trade, "Kathy",
claims girls as young as 12 are involved. "I know about one 12 year old
girl who was taken out to a fishing boat by her aunty and she has
disappeared. Her family are very worried since she has been missing now for 4
months". Kathy is a pretty 21 year old girl
who lives with her father, an unemployed former government worker, in a
crowded settlement near the Betio port on south
Tarawa. She claims there are many local girls involved in the trade and they
all have different motivations. "It all depends because some
they really need money to support their families with food, so they feel some
pressure. Other girls need money to buy drinks for themselves and friends
when they want to go out to the bars". Kathy says that even though their
have been crackdowns by local authorities the girls are not scared of getting
caught by police because "their family are supporting them". ‘Ugly Koreans’ Continue Sordid Antics in Editorial, The Chosunilbo,
2 26, 2007 english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/02/26/2007022661023.html [accessed 10 June 2011] After a fact-finding visit to the
South Pacific island nation of lyris.spc.int/read/messages?id=51271 [accessed 10 June 2011] Children in The report, by the UN Children's
Fund Pacific, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
and End Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children
for Sexual Purposes, is based on studies in 2004 and 2005 in Fiji, Kiribati,
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The report in its summary said the
five studies confirmed that in each country children were sexually abused by
family members and neighbours, and that child
prostitution, child pornography, early marriage, child sex tourism and
trafficking occurred. Report on the Pacific Regional Workshop on Combating
Poverty and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth [PDF] Inter-Agency Group (IAG) consisting of ESCAP, UNICEF-EAPRO
and ECPAT International, Nadi Fijii, 15-19 September,
2003 www.unescap.org/esid/GAD/Issues/CSEC/Pacific_Regional_Consultation_report_Sept2003.pdf [accessed 10 June 2011] [p.40] Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) and
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in the Pacific: A Regional Report [PDF] UNICEF, UNESCAP and ECPAT,
2006 www.unicef.org/eapro/Pacific_CSEC_report.pdf [accessed 10 June 2011] 3.2 TYPES AND PATTERNS OF CHILD
SEXUAL ABUSE - The
Kiribati study reported that there were more than 15 cases of “defilement”
(sexual intercourse with a girl under 13) between 1999 and 2004, with four
cases of child rape and one attempted child rape between May and September
2000. Gender and HIV/AIDS in the Emerging Social Issues Division of UNESCAP, ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Gender and Development,
Discussion paper Series No. 18, December 2005 www.unescap.org/esid/Gad/Publication/DiscussionPapers/18/DiscussionPaper18.pdf [accessed 10 June 2011] [p.7] B. PACIFIC ISLANDS - All material used herein
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