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in UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The government took steps to
respond to a March 2004 UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) study that showed a
number of girls entered into sexual relationships with teachers for money,
became pregnant, and subsequently left school. The study also found that many
girls left school because of violent behavior by some teachers. In response,
the government expanded legal protection of students subjected to
exploitation and inappropriate relationships at school. On November 11, the The trafficking of children for
sexual purposes was a problem, and child prostitution also occurred. The
belief that children were unlikely to be HIV positive and the widespread
belief that sexual intercourse with virgins can cleanse an individual of
sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, contributed to the sexual
exploitation of minors Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2002 [61] The Committee is concerned at
the lack of knowledge about sexual exploitation and abuse of children and at
the increasing number of child victims of commercial sexual exploitation,
including prostitution and pornography.
Concern is also expressed at the insufficient programs for the
physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of child victims
of such abuse and exploitation. Child Prostitution worsens in Cities Three months ago, 15-year-old M.
C. trekked to Early in 2004, the outgoing UNICEF
resident representative decried child prostitution that was shown to be on
the increase in Southern Africa: Major destination for traffickers in women and children "Sexual exploitation - in
particular, prostitution - is the most widely documented form of exploitation
for women and children trafficked within and from [2.1] SEX TOURISM AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN - In [3.1]
MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM - In Malawi, lack of research and statistical information about the
nature and extent of commercial sexual exploitation of children hinders the
knowledge regarding the magnitude of the problem. All material used herein
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