Human Trafficking in [Liberia] [other countries]Street Children in [Liberia] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Liberia |
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 *** Study Finds Many Girls Selling Bodies to Pay for School www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=56186 As many as four out of
five schoolgirls in war-scarred Liberia are resorting to having sex for cash
so they can pay for their education, a study by British-based charity Save
the Children has found. With unemployment at 85 percent, sending a child to
school costs half the average annual income of around US $115. "In the capital,
Monrovia, an estimated 60 to 80 percent of teenage girls want an education so
much, they sell the only commodity they have -- their bodies -- to fund
it," Save the Children said in its report published on Monday. The charity said its researchers uncovered
the problem unexpectedly in the course of carrying out their part of a wider
global education survey. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – NGO estimates
of the number of persons trafficked to the country during the year ranged
between 20 and several hundred. Victims were trafficked within the country
and from neighboring countries for prostitution and labor. Young children
were at a particularly high risk for trafficking, especially orphans or
children from extremely poor families. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [62] The Committee shares the
State party’s concern about the prevalence of child prostitution,
particularly in urban areas, and is further concerned at the lack of data
thereon. 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At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]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 – LIBERIA – Liberia has not developed a national plan due to the instability in
the country as well as the fact that CSEC is not regarded as a priority. There is very little cooperation in actions
relating to combating CSEC. The NGO FOCUS Fore-Runners of Children’s
Universal Rights for Survival, Growth and Development) reports that it has
contacted child rights NGOs and is currently working on modalities for better
cooperation. When
‘Peacekeeping’ Equals Rape The litany of this sex horror goes
on. Refugees International reports that in Aid
staff abusing Liberian children, charity says Liberia is facing an epidemic of
child prostitution, with more than half of children engaged in selling sex in
some parts of the country, a children's charity warned today. The Save the Children report found
that girls as young as eight were selling sex for items such as food, beer,
clothing, perfume or mobile phones. Others were reported as having sex
with adults in return for good school grades, video screenings or rides in
cars. Study Finds Many Girls Selling Bodies to Pay for School www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=56186 As many as four out of
five schoolgirls in war-scarred Liberia are resorting to having sex for cash
so they can pay for their education, a study by British-based charity Save
the Children has found. With unemployment at 85 percent, sending a child to
school costs half the average annual income of around US $115. "In the capital,
Monrovia, an estimated 60 to 80 percent of teenage girls want an education so
much, they sell the only commodity they have -- their bodies -- to fund
it," Save the Children said in its report published on Monday. The charity said its researchers uncovered
the problem unexpectedly in the course of carrying out their part of a wider
global education survey. Reports That Child Refugees Sexually Exploited Shock Annan www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=30517 www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=23126&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry= GUINEA-LIBERIA-SIERRA_LEONE Refugee children in The Experience of Refugee Children in Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/6010F9ED3C651C93C1256B6D00560FCA?OpenDocument At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
This assessment was
initiated by UNHCR and Save the Children-UK (SC-UK) due to growing concerns,
based on their field experience, about the nature and extent of sexual
violence and exploitation of refugee children and other children of concern
to UNHCR in the countries of the Mano River Sub
Region in All material used herein
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