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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Assessment for Aboriginal Taiwanese
in Taiwan Minorities At Risk Project, Center for International
Development and Conflict Management, www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=71301 [accessed 28 July 2011] RISK
ASSESSMENT - The
average income of the Aboriginals is less than half of the national average.
Poverty and the increasing inability to earn a livelihood through traditional
methods such as hunting and felling trees have helped to promote widespread
child prostitution and alcoholism. Further, *** ARCHIVES
*** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - TAIWAN [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-TAIWAN.pdf [accessed 28 July 2011] Teenagers who drop out of school
often find employment in sex-related industries: tea shops, pubs, night
clubs, call centres, ‘enjo
kosai’, illegal brothels, etc. Most of them are
engaged in the sex industry in a ‘disguised’ manner, working as “spicy
waitresses”, attendants, “betel nut beauties”, karaoke girls, and so on. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61606.htm [accessed 28 December 2010] CHILDREN - Child prostitution was a
problem, particularly among aborigine children. The law provides for up to
two years incarceration for customers of prostitutes under the age of 18. As
of November 799 persons were indicated for this crime, and 858 were
convicted, including cases from previous years. In 2004, 952 persons were
indicted, and 794 were convicted. The law also requires the publication of
the names of violators in newspapers. The law prohibits the media from
running advertisements involving the sex trade and imposes penalties on
citizens arrested abroad for having sex with minors; these laws were enforced
in practice. WOMEN – Prostitution, including child prostitution, was a problem.
Prostitution is illegal. There were reports of a growing trend of teenagers
and young women being lured into prostitution by Internet advertisements
promising employment, large salaries, and adventure. Human Rights Reports » 2004
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/42641.htm [accessed 9 March 2011] CHILDREN - Although no reliable statistics
were available, child prostitution was a problem, particularly among
aboriginal children. Most child
prostitutes ranged in age from 12 to 17 years. The juvenile welfare law
enables juvenile welfare bodies, prosecutors, and victims to apply to courts
for termination of guardianship of parents and the appointment of qualified
guardians if parents have forced their children into prostitution. According to well-informed
observers, the practice of aboriginal families selling their children into
prostitution no longer existed.
According to some reports, brothel owners used violence, drug
addiction, and other forms of coercion to prevent child prostitutes from escaping. The law provides for up to 2 years'
incarceration for customers of prostitutes under the age of 18. In 2003, 1,072 persons were indicted, and
1,259 were convicted (including some indicted in previous years) for
violation of the law. Human Rights Reports » 1999
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/286.htm [accessed 9 March 2011] f. TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - The sale of Aboriginal girls
into prostitution by their parents is also a problem. However, reports have
indicated that in the period from June 1994 to July 1995, the percentage of
all arrested child prostitutes who were of Aboriginal origin dropped from 15
percent to 5 percent. This reduction may have come about due to intensive
efforts on the part of social workers and nongovernmental organizations to
combat the practice of selling female children into prostitution. The NPA
also coordinated the formation of police task forces in local jurisdictions
to investigate and prevent the sale of Aboriginal girls into prostitution.
From the beginning of 1998 through April, 46 Aboriginal girls were found to
have been engaged in prostitution. False sex-related job ads remain rampant: civic groups Central News Agency CNA, www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/%20taiwan/2008/07/17/165843/False-sex-related.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] Fake job ads allegedly placed by
employers in the sex industry continue to occupy the classified pages of Taiwanese
newspapers, leaving teenagers vulnerable to forced prostitution, a local
civic alliance devoted to child and juvenile sex trade prevention said
yesterday. At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 July 2011] According to 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 – The The www.goh.org.tw/english/aboutusbackground.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] The 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 28 July 2011] [81] Concerning child
prostitution, 1,069 cases were prosecuted in 2001, resulting in 582
convictions, and of 1,221 prosecutions in 2002, 925 persons were found
guilty. The penalty for engaging in remunerated sexual relations
with a child is a minimum of five years’ imprisonment and a fine. Central News Agency CNA www.taiwanembassy.org/UK/TaiwanUpdate/nsl151105v.htm [accessed 28 July 2011] Chi Hui-jung,
CEO of the Garden of Hope Foundation (GOH) became the first The Asian Times, May 15 - 21, 1999 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 July 2011] Assessment for Aboriginal
Taiwanese in Minorities At Risk Project, Center for International
Development and Conflict Management, www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=71301 [accessed 28 July 2011] RISK
ASSESSMENT - The
average income of the Aboriginals is less than half of the national average.
Poverty and the increasing inability to earn a livelihood through traditional
methods such as hunting and felling trees have helped to promote widespread
child prostitution and alcoholism. Further, All material used herein
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