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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. 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 ***
ARCHIVES *** 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 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61677.htm [accessed 27 December 2010] WOMEN - 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. 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 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 One in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of
labor: UNICEF Agence France-Presse
AFP, www.aegis.com/news/afp/2005/AF050265.html [accessed 26 July 2011] 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 [accessed 26 July 2011] Final report from the Committee on
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