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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Police warn
parents of teens' safety Police who led a crackdown on
underage prostitution in South Auckland want parents and caregivers of young
teenagers to take greater responsibility for the safety of their
children. Counties Manukau
Police arrested 25 people during an operation focussed
on under-aged prostitution in South Auckland. Sixteen children - some as
young as 13 - were taken off the streets by police and either returned to
their families or placed in the care of Child Youth and Family. But during the operation, police discovered
some of the same girls working back on the streets within days of initially
being removed. They want caregivers to
take a greater interest in their children's wellbeing. "A strong starting point would be
parents and caregivers taking more interest in the safety and wellbeing of
their children before it is too late for these young persons lives to be
ruined by this criminal activity" Detective Senior Sergeant Pizzini says. He
says many of the teenagers were being solicited by gangs, and were being
given methamphetamine in return for sexual favours. ***
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danger. They are open 24 Hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call. In www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-NEWZEALAND.pdf The exact scale and nature of the
prostitution of children in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Commercial sexual exploitation of children was a problem. Under the
Prostitution Reform Act, it is illegal to use a person under 18 years of age
in prostitution. A study by the PLRC completed in April 2004 estimated that
approximately 200 young persons under the age of 18 were working as
prostitutes. During the year 3 brothel operators and 1 client were prosecuted
for the use of persons under age 18 in prostitution. The client and two of
the brothel operators were convicted, and one operator was awaiting trial at
year's end. The government worked with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
to address trafficking in children and provided funding for NGO outreach
programs in Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003 [51] The Committee notes that the
State party has signed but not ratified the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography. Police warn
parents of teens' safety Police who led a crackdown on
underage prostitution in South Auckland want parents and caregivers of young
teenagers to take greater responsibility for the safety of their
children. Counties Manukau
Police arrested 25 people during an operation focussed
on under-aged prostitution in South Auckland. Sixteen children - some as
young as 13 - were taken off the streets by police and either returned to
their families or placed in the care of Child Youth and Family. But during the operation, police discovered
some of the same girls working back on the streets within days of initially
being removed. They want caregivers to
take a greater interest in their children's wellbeing. "A strong starting point would be
parents and caregivers taking more interest in the safety and wellbeing of
their children before it is too late for these young persons lives to be ruined
by this criminal activity" Detective Senior Sergeant Pizzini
says. He says many of the teenagers
were being solicited by gangs, and were being given methamphetamine in return
for sexual favours. allafrica.com/stories/200711051563.html The contents of this article had
appeared under a different title and may possibly still be accessible [here]
RESEARCH FINDINGS - ECPAT New Zealand and Stop Demand
Foundation have also cited in a report "The Nature and Extent of the Sex
Industry in Flawed
Prostitution Law Results in Mother ‘Trading’ 16 y/o Daughter Family First is disgusted with the
actions of a mother who organised a prostitution ‘transaction’ between her 16 year old
daughter and a man, but say that this is an expected outcome of a flawed
Act. “Politicians who voted for this
ideologically flawed bill which decriminalized prostitution should hang their
heads in shame, along with this mother,” says Bob McCoskrie,
National Director of Family First NZ. 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 – NEW ZEALAND – Although the Government of New Zealand said that there is no
significant problem of CSEC in the country, anecdotal evidence shows that the
problem exists especially in southern Auckland. In Gaps
In Stocktake Of Child Exploitation A Stocktake
on New Zealand’s National Plan of Action against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children has some glaring gaps in it, says long-time campaigner
Denise Ritchie of Stop Demand Foundation. Sex case
deps hearing adjourned The Child Prostitution
Confirmed In Confidential Papers Call For Police To
Target Child Prostitution United Future leader Peter Dunne
today called on the police in each of Child Prostitution in www.courts.govt.nz/pubs/reports/2002/protect-innocence/chapter-1.html#Child%20Prostitution%20in%20New%20Zealan As with every other area of
commercial sexual exploitation of children, estimating the true nature and
extent of child prostitution in Protecting Our Innocence - www.courts.govt.nz/pubs/reports/2002/protect-innocence/index.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
A comprehensive examination of
commercial sexual exploitation of children in The Protection Project - New Zealand [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Research and anecdotal evidence
suggest that child prostitution is a growing problem in New Zealand. Children
working in prostitution do not come from any one particular background;
likewise, they enter prostitution for a variety of reasons, including
homelessness, family breakdown, peer pressure, sexual abuse, poverty, drug
and alcohol abuse, educational underachievement, or unemployment. Christchurch has the reputation for being
New Zealand’s child sex capital. An estimated 60 minors in prostitution work
there, and groups of up to 20 children, some as young as 12 years of age,
walk the streets of the city every evening. Many suffer from alcohol and drug
addictions, and a large percentage have a background
of sexual abuse. Though exact figures
are unknown, proportionally more Maori children are likely involved in
prostitution because the risk factors that give rise to child prostitution
are more common among Maori families (i.e., family breakdown, drug and
alcohol abuse, poverty). Maori children and families are also affected by the
breakdown of traditional support structures of their society and cultural
alienation associated with historical injustice. All material used herein
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