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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Story that touches the heart : Why prostitution rate is
rising Chioma Obinna,
Vanguard OnLine, December 31, 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] MY FIRST ENCOUNTER - Before my first visit to the
brothel, I used to think that prostitution was mainly for older women but it
beats my imagination when I stepped into the brothel and saw girls of 12, 13
and 14 years. I can’t imagine myself because at that age, I was still in
secondary school and was like a baby to my parents. The only thought that
came into mind was that, why should these ones be here? So after my project,
I tried to pry into their private life to find out why they are into sex work
at such a tender age, some of them told me some pathetic stories of
their lives. And a lot of them gave me stories that I was grieved about. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - NIGERIA [PDF] ECPAT International, 2007 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-NIGERIA.pdf [accessed 27 June 2011] The Committee on the Rights of the
Child has reported that a growing number of children are being forced into
prostitution and/or trafficked within or from UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nigeria.html [accessed 27 June 2011] Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of
Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/nigeria.htm [accessed 13 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs in many cities in
Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61586.htm [accessed 13 December 2010] CHILDREN - Cases of child abuse, abandoned
infants, child prostitution,
and physically harmful child labor practices remained common throughout the
country. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/nigeria2005.html [accessed 13 December 2010] [63] The Committee is concerned
about the situation of refugee and internally displaced children living in
refugee camps, and regrets the paucity of information with regard to these
children in the State party report and the State party’s position that the
issue of asylum-seeking children do not arise in Nigeria. The Committee is
particularly concerned about reports of sexual exploitation of refugee girls
and women within and outside of the camps, including female teenagers who are
forced into prostitution. The Committee is also concerned that incidence of
teenage pregnancy is high in the camp. [71] The Committee is of the view
that implementation of the existing legislation is not effective, and is deeply
concerned that the number of children who fall victim to sexual exploitation
is on the increase in the State party. The Committee also notes with concern
that reports of sexual assaults and rape of young girls are on the increase,
especially in the north. The Committee is concerned that children victims of
sexual exploitation often do not receive adequate protection and/or recovery
assistance, but may even be treated as perpetrators of a crime. Sonnie Ekwowusi,
This Day, 5 October 2010 allafrica.com/stories/201010060483.html [accessed 27 June 2011] Among the most disturbing aspects
of child labour is child prostitution. Under the guise of being offered a
juicy employment abroad, under-aged Nigerian girls are recruited, whisked
away abroad and forced into child prostitution by syndicates and paid agents.
Such kids forced into such unspeakable lifestyle are threatened not to tell
truth to their parents or may feel too ashamed to speak up in front of their
parents. A Agency rescues under-age sex slaves from Oladapo Shofu,
Punch, Jul 11, 2008 www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20080712021890 [accessed 27 June 2011] NAPTIP officials, who early
Tuesday morning raided the hotel located in the midst of residential houses,
rescued six girls within its walls. Items like clothes, photographs and used
and unused condoms were found in most of the rooms. The head of the Lagos
Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Godwin Morka,
told Saturday Punch that six out of twelve girls that were rescued from the
hotel in January turned out to be HIV positive. “Most of the girls we rescued
are between 11 and 16 years old. Two girls aged 12 and 14 were pregnant. They
don’t even know who the fathers of their unborn babies are. “It is really
saddening,” he said. Ahmed Mohammed, Daily Trust, 8 February 2008 allafrica.com/stories/200802080545.html [partially accessed 27 June 2011 - access restricted] The 'anti human trafficking piracy
special Investigation unit' of the FCT police command has so far rescued 105 teenagers
between the ages of five to thirteen years from human traffickers, in
different places in Abuja. He said the children were
trafficked from Nassarawa, Lagos, Kano, Kwara and some villages
within the FCT to be used as sex slaves and child labourers
within the Motor Parks, Markets and restaurants in Abuja, which contravenes
section 19 of the 'Trafficking Act in Persons'. Musa disclosed further that one of the
suspects, Amina Adamu
actually confessed that she kidnapped the victims to the FCT for prostitution
as well as to be used as slaves, for her to get money. Italian police break up child prostitution network Radio At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] Italian police have made scores of
arrests and rolled up a child prostitution network. Fifty-one people were
arrested in Italy and 15 in other countries, mainly the Netherlands. They are
accused of human trafficking, exploitation and kidnapping. In Nigeria, Nigerian women took very
young children from orphanages to work in the drug trade and as prostitutes.
The children are also believed to have been taken from asylum centres in the Netherlands. The police operation began in
October 2007 when, at the request of the Dutch government, 22 Nigerians were
detained in Nigeria, various European countries and the US. Nigeria/West Adeze Ojukwu,
Deputy News Editor, Daily Champion ( www.stopdemand.com/afawcs0112878/ID=180/newsdetails.html [accessed 13 December 2010] With increasing incidence of
trafficking in children, particularly girls for sex and domestic work, the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that the incidence of child
labour in Nigeria for persons aged 10 to 14 years is approximately 12
million. "In the South-West, a greater
number of girls and women end up in prostitution, while in the East, the
problem affects mainly boys who find themselves trafficking into
agricultural, domestic, trading and apprenticeship jobs," the report
said. Also 60 per cent of women
trafficking victims for commercial sex in Italy are Nigerians. Story that touches the heart : Why prostitution rate is
rising Chioma Obinna,
Vanguard OnLine, December 31, 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] MY FIRST ENCOUNTER - Before my first visit to the
brothel, I used to think that prostitution was mainly for older women but it
beats my imagination when I stepped into the brothel and saw girls of 12, 13
and 14 years. I can’t imagine myself because at that age, I was still in
secondary school and was like a baby to my parents. The only thought that
came into mind was that, why should these ones be here? So after my project,
I tried to pry into their private life to find out why they are into sex work
at such a tender age, some of them told me some pathetic stories of
their lives. And a lot of them gave me stories that I was grieved about. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report on
implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B] COUNTRY
UPDATES – ECPAT: CSEC in ECPAT International Newsletters, Issue No : 34 1/March/2001 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] VULNERABLE VULNERABLE CHILDREN - Generally, the profile of
victims and perpetrators of CSEC are the same throughout the region. The
victims are children from very poor families, street children, refugees and
internally displaced children, child hawkers of petty wares, children who are
beggars, school dropouts and children of migrants. PERPETRATORS - The majority of perpetrators are rich local nationals
like civil servants, politicians and businessmen. In ECPAT: CSEC Overview – ECPAT International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 27 June 2011] CSEC is reported to be a serious
problem in NGO Periodic Report for ANPPCAN Child Rights Monitoring Center www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.38/Nigeria_ANPPCAN_ngo_report.doc [accessed 27 June 2011] Commercial sexual exploitation has
become a problem of special concern in Trafficking nightmare for Nigerian
children Ian Pannell, BBC News, 10 January, 2001 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/841928.stm [accessed 27 June 2011] Ian Pannell of the BBC's PM
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