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some succeed in leaving. Perhaps your
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rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction, hunger, neglect,
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Marie De Santis, Women's www.justicewomen.com/cj_sweden.html [accessed 26 July
2011] In a centuries deep
sea of clichés despairing that 'prostitution will always be with us', one
country's success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting the way. In just
five years Sweden has dramatically reduced the number of its women in
prostitution. In 1999, after years of research and study, Sweden passed
legislation that a) criminalizes the buying of sex, and b) decriminalizes the
selling of sex. Prostitution is regarded as an aspect of male violence
against women and children. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Lisa Pouille, ECPAT International, 2011 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/A4A_V2_EU_SWEDEN.pdf [accessed 8
September 2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Sweden.
The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures,
child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for
action against SEC. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/sweden/ [accessed 8
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law criminalizes “contact with children under 15
for sexual purposes,” including internet contact intended to lead to sexual
assault. Penalties range from fines to one year in prison. The law prohibits
the sale of children; penalties range from two to 10 years in prison. It also
bans child pornography with penalties ranging from fines to six years in
prison. Authorities enforced the law. The minimum age for consensual sex is
15. 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/sweden2005.html [accessed 27
December 2010] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING - The Committee notes with appreciation that,
following the First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children, held in (a) the occurrence
of trafficking in children, prostitution and related issues in Sweden and
abroad committed by Swedish citizens;
(b) reports of cases of sexually abused children as a result of
contacts via the Internet; (c) the
little protection provided by Swedish legislation, due in part to the
subjective and incomplete definition of the child under the Penal Code
concerning child pornography. 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 – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and
Social Council Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January
2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 26 July
2011] [68] Concerning
trafficking, new legislation came into force on 1 July 2002, which
criminalizes those involved in trafficking. It is illegal to
purchase sexual services from anyone (regardless of age or sex), but if the
victim is between 15 and 18, a sentence for sexual molestation is imposed on
the client or person who induces the child to participate in such an
act, or if the act is an element in the production of pornographic
pictures. One recent case was reported concerning the procurement
of a child for prostitution, and another in which a 62-year-old man was
convicted of buying sexual favors from girls between 14 and 15 years of age,
and of sexual exploitation of his foster daughter. He was
sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Prostitution
in Sweden 2003 - Knowledge, Beliefs & Attitudes of Key Informants
[PDF] The National Board
of Health and Welfare, October 2004 -- Article #2004-131-28 www.childcentre.info/projects/exploitation/sweden/dbaFile11751.pdf [accessed 26 July
2011] YOUNG WOMEN ·
Entering into prostitution by chance ·
Paths to substance abuse and
prostitution ·
Payment in kind ·
Drifting into prostitution ·
Trafficking The Working Group
on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Linda Lindenau, 28.01.2003 www.childcentre.info/projects/exploitation/ifid2441.html [accessed 26 July
2011] Although several
measures were taken last year and the issue of commercial sexual exploitation
received much attention in One in 12 children
forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor: UNICEF UK Agence France-Presse AFP, 21 February 2005 www.worldrevolution.org/news/article1773.htm [accessed 20 April
2012] UNICEF UNICEF UK lauded
the pledge of developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating
0.7 percent of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that
only five countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark, Norway, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden. Sexual exploitation
of children in Sweden Ingrid Åkerman, 16.08.2004 www.childcentre.info/12708 [accessed 26 July
2011] Final report from
the Committee on knowledge about sexual exploited children in ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** ECPAT Global
Monitoring Report on the status of action against commercial exploitation of
children - SWEDEN [PDF] ECPAT International,
2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-SWEDEN.pdf [accessed 26 July
2011] Young women are
rarely seen in street prostitution, and the most common means of making
contact with young girls is via the Internet, through ‘neutral’ chatrooms
where men offer them money for sex, rather than through sex-oriented
websites. A survey on the sexual exploitation of children in the country,
conducted in 2003 by the National Council for Crime Prevention, included
several cases of male abusers contacting minor girls via the Internet and
telephone, reaching an agreement on sexual relations in exchange for
compensation in the form of money, alcohol or other goods. Many young girls
in such situations fail to perceive themselves as being ‘exploited’, and
often do not regard the exchange of sex for money or material goods as
prostitution. Girls are also lured into prostitution under the pretence of a romantic relationship, some of them being
first sexually exploited by their boyfriends, who then ‘sell’ the girls to
their friends. The survey also indicated that although girls make up 70 per
cent of victims of all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children
(CSEC) in general, boys constitute the majority when it comes to
prostitution. According to the Committee on Knowledge about the Sexual
Exploitation of Children in Sweden, most of the boys victimised
through prostitution are of foreign origin - first and second generation
immigrants, according to another study conducted by Carl Göran
Svedins. The average age at which both girls and
boys become involved in prostitution is 16. Common features of child victims
of prostitution include drug or alcohol dependence, mental illness and the
occurrence of sexual/physical abuse or neglect earlier in their lives,
according to a poll undertaken by the Committee. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61677.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] WOMEN
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Prostitution is legal; however, the purchase of sexual services is illegal. Prostitutes were not arrested but
their clients were. The government has sought to curb prostitution by focusing on the
demand rather than the supply side. Both government and nongovernmental
sources asserted that the law has proven effective in limiting prostitution and trafficking in
persons. All
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