Human Trafficking in [Lesotho] [other countries]Street Children in [Lesotho] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Lesotho |
Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
2000 to 2009
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Protection Project - Lesotho [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A high percentage of persons in
prostitution in Lesotho are reported to be children, some as young as 13
years of age. Children are lured by
traffickers or kidnapped and taken to hotels and brothels in Maseru and its
outskirts. Prostituted children in the
capital can earn US$7 to US$53 a night, compared with US$13 to US$26 a month
for domestic servants; prostituted boys reportedly earn more than girls.
*** ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Commercial sexual exploitation of children is reportedly a growing
problem in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Child prostitution was a
problem. According to media reports, young girls and boys, many of whom were orphans,
moved to urban areas to work as prostitutes. A 2001 UNICEF assessment
concluded that child prostitution in the country was a poverty‑driven
phenomenon rather than a commercial enterprise and that the financial
arrangements were casual and not the product of organized criminal
syndicates. However, UNICEF and the government agreed that while the numbers
remained small, the trend toward commercial prostitution by children under
age 18 was a growing problem in the country. It was believed that the incidence
of prostitution was growing, and the average age of commercial sex workers
was dropping; however, there was no evidence of third party participation.
Child sex workers (including child prostitutes) worked by themselves for
economic reasons. There is little capability within either the police force
or the Department of Social Welfare to address the needs of children likely
to engage in prostitution. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 [57] The absence of adequate
information, including disaggregated statistical data, on the situation of
sexual exploitation of children, is a matter of concern for the Committee.
The Committee is concerned, further, that young girls in particular are
vulnerable to sexual exploitation in The Protection Project - Lesotho [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A high percentage of persons in
prostitution in Lesotho are reported to be children, some as young as 13
years of age. Children are lured by
traffickers or kidnapped and taken to hotels and brothels in Maseru and its
outskirts. Prostituted children in the
capital can earn US$7 to US$53 a night, compared with US$13 to US$26 a month
for domestic servants; prostituted boys reportedly earn more than girls. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – LESOTHO – No information was received from Lesotho this year. However, the Committee on the Rights of the
Child has expressed concern both at the increasing number of young girls
vulnerable to CSEC and at the increasing number of street and working
children. The Committee recommended that All material used herein
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