Human Trafficking in [Somalia] [other countries]Street Children in [Somalia] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Somalia ] [other countries]
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AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN - UNICEF and its partners have created an innovative network of
child-protection advocates to aid vulnerable children in more than 75
communities. Action plans have been developed on issues like sexual abuse,
female genital mutilation and child prostitution. U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are conscripted by armed Somali militias and used for
forced labor or sexual exploitation. Boys as young as 14 or 15 have
participated in combat and many belong to gangs who raid indiscriminately.
Trafficking networks exist that transport children to Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Child prostitution was
practiced; however, because it is culturally proscribed and was not reported,
there are no statistics on its prevalence. Backgrounder: Rights of the Child Backgrounder1 WHAT IS
THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD? - The CRC has been ratified by
192 countries, making it the most universally accepted human rights
instrument in history. Only the ECPAT: CSEC Overview - Somalia Young Somalis are forced into
commercial sex in Arab countries, sold by impoverished parents into Western
Europe, and trafficked into neighboring Djibouti where French and
international military presence sustains a large sex industry. Somali
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Human Trafficking in [Somalia] [other countries]Street Children in [Somalia] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Somalia ] [other countries]