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The News International, www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=149992&Cat=5&dt=11/30/2008 [accessed 30 June 2011] Most of the 15,000-20,000
estimated child sex workers present in Though the trend of selling organs
(kidney.) for cash does not seem to have caught hold in Lahore or was not
reported, quite a few children were aware of the fact that they could sell
their blood for money if the need arose. The limited blood screening
facilities make such practice extremely unsafe and can spread HIV/AIDS on a
rapid scale. Though not a single child admitted to resorting to this
practice, they had come to know about this through adult drug addicts. The Prostitution Racket Blog: multan1.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html [accessed 30 June 2011] In a survey, I found out that
ninety-five per cent of the teenage prostitutes in 95pc teenage prostitutes were victims of abuse: Survey www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=November2006&file=World_News200611164318.xml [Last access date unavailable] Ninety-five per cent of the
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ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - PAKISTAN [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/South_Asia/Global_Monitoring_Report-PAKISTAN.pdf [accessed 30 June 2011] A report published in 2001 by the
National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD) revealed the
existence of child prostitution in Research undertaken in 2005 by the
Working Group against Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation and Save the
Children Sweden indicated that nomad children, children inthe
transport industry, children working in deep-sea fishing, children trafficked
for camel jockeying, girls trafficked for marriage, “massage boys” and boys
with alternate sexual identities are all to be found among the victims of
commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in Pakistan. The research
also indicated that the sexual exploitation of children occurs in many
contexts, including in the red light district of Lahore, at some religious
shrines and in schools. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/pakistan.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Further, the exploitation of children in the sex and drug trades
continues to be a problem. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61710.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] CHILDREN - Child abuse was widespread.
According to child rights NGOs, abuse was most common within families. In
rural areas, poor parents sold children as bonded laborers and at times sold
daughters to be raped by landlords. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 October 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/pakistan2003.html [accessed 15 December 2010] [74] In view of the fact that
child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children are reported to be
serious problems in the State party, the Committee is concerned that the
State party has not addressed them effectively. The Committee is particularly concerned at:
(a) The absence of legislation clearly prohibiting child sexual abuse and
sexual exploitation and the lack of a clear definition of the term in the
State party, as well as the lack of legislation that clearly defines sexual
consent; (b) The absence of measures to prosecute the perpetrators; (c) The
absence of statistics and data on the issue of child sexual abuse; (d)
Traditional attitudes regarding the subject (e.g. concepts like “family
honor”), which imply that a majority of abuse cases go unreported; (e)
Reports that child sexual abuse is prevalent, and increasing, in prisons. The ‘Working Girls Of Shahid Qazi and
Carol Grisanti, NBC News, worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/03/24/4377075-the-working-girls-of-quetta-children [accessed 30 June 2011] The 11-year-old girl blushed as
she walked into the car dealer’s showroom on POVERTY
INCREASES PROBLEM - Fathers often send their young daughters out on the
streets to earn money for the family. The girls begin by begging – some as
young as 3-years old – and as they grow older, they become part of the
flourishing sex trade in this deeply conservative city in southwest
Pakistan. "The fathers of these
girls are usually drug addicts or alcoholics and the family is
impoverished," said Fauzia Baloch,
a coordinator for the Aurat Foundation, an NGO that
works for women’s rights in rural Pakistan. Male prostitution, a hidden shame: See no evil, hear no
evil, speak no evil Fawad Ali Shah, Daily Times, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg12_9 [accessed 30 June 2011] The Society for the Protection of
the Rights of the Child (SPARC) Regional Promotion Manager Salam Dharejo, told Daily Times
that although there are many organisations working
in the city for the protection of children and women’s rights, no one has
ever dared to address the issue of male prostitution because of the strong
social taboo attached to it. While most the city remains shut
to the idea of male prostitution, many young men have become its victims. One
such boy is Riaz Khan, 19. He is often seen
standing at the footpath between the boundary of Jahangir
Park and Dr Daudpota road, looking for customers.
On a usual day in the business, the roads are jammed and the nearby shops are
packed with clients. On Khan’s left, a barber works, unaware of his
surroundings and on his right many other teenage boys are lined up, waiting
for customers. “I started this
business when I was 11,” says the clean-shaved boy, wearing black clothes with
embroidery on the front. He has a womanish touch to his voice. His hands are
running through his hair. After completing his sentence, he winks. Riaz is one the
hundreds of teenagers who provide sexual satisfaction to homosexuals.
Nowadays, Jahangir Park is where all the action
goes down and it can also be referred to as the central point of their
business. Most of the teenaged male prostitutes start their business in the
afternoon and the dealing reaches its peak in the evening. Woman jailed for forcing child into sex trade Independent Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/world/woman-jailed-for-forcing-child-into-sex-trade-1.226224 [accessed 15 December 2010] Last week a non-governmental organisation said there was a growing trend in the
abduction and sale of Tajik boys for sexual exploitation abroad. The Modar organisation said groups
in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Pakistan
and other countries were prepared to pay as much as $70 000 for a Tajik
boy between the ages of 10 and 12. HIV/AIDS increasing in country Amer Malik,
The News International, www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=149992&Cat=5&dt=11/30/2008 [accessed 30 June 2011] Most of the 15,000-20,000
estimated child sex workers present in Though the trend of selling organs
(kidney.) for cash does not seem to have caught hold in Lahore or was not
reported, quite a few children were aware of the fact that they could sell
their blood for money if the need arose. The limited blood screening
facilities make such practice extremely unsafe and can spread HIV/AIDS on a
rapid scale. Though not a single child admitted to resorting to this
practice, they had come to know about this through adult drug addicts. Incidents of child abuse rarely reported Irfan Aligi,
Daily Times, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\04\story_4-11-2008_pg12_11 [accessed 30 June 2011] “We have conducted a study on
violence against street children and the data we have collected is quite shocking,
and what is most appalling is that children studying at religious seminaries
also fall victim to sexual violence,” claimed Habib.
He added that it is common practice amongst parents, especially from the
lower strata of the society, prefer to send their children to Madressahs as compared to formal schooling systems. According to the study, 21 percent
of Madressah students have been sexually abused by
their teachers. Fifty-two percent of students were sexually harassed, 28
percent had complained of unpleasant touching and 20 percent complained of
forced sex, said Habib. Almost ninety percent of sexually
violent acts against children occur on the streets, seven percent of the
children denied any sexual abuse on the streets and three percent of these children
had no idea about any such happenings. Thirty-three percent of the children
who were sexually abused on the streets revealed that they were abused by
people in police departments, while 22 percent of them held workers of
political, social and religious parties responsible, claimed Habib. This is not the end of the
shocking list, as shopkeepers, strangers, gang leaders, private security
guards and drivers were also held responsible for sexual violence. Twenty
percent of the children reported that 20 percent of strangers, 12 percent of
shopkeepers, 11 percent of gang leaders, 14 percent of private security
guards and 22 percent drivers were among the perpetuators of sexual violence
against them. – sccp Child abuse mushrooming as shops offering ‘services’
spring up Qadeer Hussain,
The News International, thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=144233&Cat=4&dt=11/1/2008 [accessed 30 June 2011] Tauqeer went to school for a while but
soon developed a habit of running away from home. In the beginning, he
started selling tissue papers at Sea View and earned Rs100 to Rs120
daily. However, two years ago, one of
his friends, Naveed (not his real name) asked him
to visit Jahangir Park, near the Pedestrian Bridge,
(which does not exist now), “to earn more money.” According to Tauqeer,
the world of the Pedestrian Bridge “was altogether a different world.” This
was the meeting point for male child prostitutes and their clients. According to Tauqeer,
more than 300 children are engaged in this area alone. “There are two
categories of children involved. A majority are street children who earn
their livelihood through this mean. Then there are kids who belong to poor
families and visit the bridge to earn some extra money,” he says. – sccp SPARC issues child abuse statistics Ali Usman, Daily Times, www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\08\28\story_28-8-2008_pg7_39 [accessed 30 June 2011] PROSTITUTION - The report, ”State
of Pakistan’s Children”, presented the situation of children and their rights
in 2007. It focused on health, education, child labour and violence against
children in light of the government’s policy. The report identified the poor
state of education in Pakistan. It also revealed the phenomenon of male child
prostitution, and claimed that it was widespread, especially in big cities
and near bus and train stations. “Although the National Plan of Action to
Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children had been approved in 2006,
co-ordinated policies and programmes
to deal with the hazard have yet to be implemented,” it said. Caring for children The News International, January 28, 2008 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 30 June 2011] The rise in incidents of street
crime in U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/printreport.aspx?reportid=76109 [accessed 17 September 2011] While boys in impoverished parts
of rural Pakistan, particularly towns in the southern Punjab, are more likely
to be trafficked overseas, girls are trafficked more often within the
country, and sometimes sold into what amounts to little more than sexual
slavery, says the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). HRCP has reported that in most
cases, they are given away for amounts of money ranging from US$1,300 to
$5,000 by impoverished parents, sometimes in "marriage"; and
sometimes to agents who promise lucrative jobs as domestic servants in large
cities. Many of these girls, according to
child rights groups, end up as sex workers. Some are no older than 10 at the
time of the "sale". "Hundreds of girls are
trafficked within the country each year. There are markets in the North West
Frontier Province where these victims are sold like cattle," I.A. Rehman, director of the Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan, said. – htcp 9,000 sexually-abused street-children in City www.chowk.com/applefire/iLogs/life/Child-prostitution-in-Pakistan [accessed 17 September 2011] UNICEF Programme
Officer Shamshad Qureshi
announced the results of a UNICEF survey that there are 10, 000 street
children in Horrific fate awaits children spurned by society Aroosa Masroor
Khan, The News, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 17 September 2011] Out of the approximately
12,000-14,000 street children in Karachi, 50 percent fall victim to
commercial sex exploitation, a majority of them being male children between
7-11 years of age. According to data recently revealed by NGO Azad Foundation, the number of street children in the
city rose from 10,000 - 12,000 in 2004 to 12,000 - 14,000 in 2006. She said that street children are
at a high risk of sexual abuse, targeted primarily because they are
vulnerable. Consequently, some children begin to offer sexual services to
these people and become involved in ‘survival sex’. “Saddar
is the hub of street children from all areas of Karachi,” says Aqsa Zainab of Azad Foundation, adding that child abusers are mostly
found near shrines where ‘langar’ is distributed or
near railway stations where they arrive from other cities. It is from here
the young boys are kidnapped and sold as commercial sex workers. – htsccp Children at risk Syed Mohammad Ali, Daily Times,
December 12, 2006 www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\12\story_12-12-2006_pg3_5 [accessed 30 June 2011] Families play a direct role in
promoting child prostitution as well. Particularly within families themselves
involved in sex work, the guilt factor is deployed to chide young girls into
the profession, as if their sexual activity were vital for the survival of
their female-headed households. Girls who enter the profession do often end
up supporting their own mothers, grandmothers and several siblings. It is no
wonder that young girls are considered an economic asset within a family of
sex workers. Personal decisions to enter prostitution, albeit emerging from a
larger process of socialisation, also cannot be
discounted. Families of young sex workers do not think their daughters
capable of doing anything else. They deprive them of education and exposure
to the larger world, so that these young girls hardly have any other options
in life. Social ostracisation of such families
further reinforces this generational perpetuation of prostitution. On the flip side is the demand for
under-age sex workers. Seemingly oblivious to a term like paedophilia,
clients can boisterously demand to have sex with a young girl, provided they
have the required money to pay for her services. Instead of feeling guilty,
these clients are reassured by myths of male virility being boosted due to
sex with younger girls. The Prostitution Racket Blog: multan1.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html [accessed 30 June 2011] In a survey, I found out that
ninety-five per cent of the teenage prostitutes in The Prostitution Racket Arooj Fatima ezinearticles.com/?The-Prostitution-Racket&id=4012193 [accessed 17 September 2011 In a survey, I found out that
ninety-five per cent of the teenage prostitutes in Indo-Pak girls forced into prostitution Hindustan Times, Asian News International, fleshploitation.blogspot.com/2006/02/young-indo-pak-girls-sold-into-mid.html [accessed 15 December 2010] In a startling case of organised women trafficking that has come to light, Pakistani
and Indian girls aged between 11 and 13 are being smuggled to the 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 – Child Prostitution Flourishes In
The Hindustan Times, www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1093379251.html [partially accessed 30 June 2011 - access restricted] Children continue to serve as
prostitutes in Ashraf said since the police couldn't
catch the arrested men red-handed, it could not book them under clauses
relevant to prostitution. A court released the suspects. "Unless the suspects are caught
red-handed, they cannot be charged under section 377 of the Pakistan Penal
Code relating to unnatural offences," he said. Political Executions, Child Prostitution, and Forced
Marriage at the Age of 9: Ms Zadeh talks on the
lack of human rights in Contributors: Sebastian Zielinski ( At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 30 June 2011] Child prostitution has risen 635 percent
in recent years. Dozens of Iranian girls are brought to Child Prostitution [access information unavailable] Despite the verbal commitments of
all the governments of past and present no measures have been taken against
the child prostitution and nothing has been achieved in that direction.
Prostitution by children continues to flourish unhindered. Child Rights Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child
SPARC At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 30 June 2011] SPARC AT
THE PRE-SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP OF THE 34TH SESSION - On October 31, 2001, Taking the Lid Off Child Prostitution Mine Aysen Doyran,
28 Nov 2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 30 June 2011] There is hardly any day without a
customer. His usual clients are
travelers changing buses at Girls are usually forced into
prostitution when they are about 11 years old because their young age fetches
a good price to the traffickers. Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in Ayesha Khan, Consultant, and Pamela Pine,
Futures Group, POLICY Project, March 2003 www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/ARH_Pakistan.pdf [accessed 30 June 2011] Ch.3 ARH issues/Sexual abuse and
forced sex work/page 21 MALE CHILD PROSTITUTION - In Pakistan, male
prostitutes are believed to be cheaper for clients than female
prostitutes. The prime age for male
prostitutes is between 15 and 25. It
is likely that even less is known about their working environment and
specific problems because the social taboos against boys admitting to sex
with male clients are even greater than they are for girls. Changing
Attitudes Key to Ending Child Sex Trade Johanna Son, Inter Press Service News Agency IPS, MANILA,
23 January 1995 pangaea.org/street_children/asia/asiasex.htm [accessed 30 June 2011] Up to 200,000 women and children
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