Human Trafficking in [Thailand] [other countries]Street Children in [Thailand] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Thailand |
Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
2000 to 2009
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Most disturbing about One boy, 10-year-old
"Ice," said three times a month someone offers to pay him for sex.
He always declines. But social workers fear the lure of money will someday
change his mind. Ice and his brother sleep on the floor in his grandmother's
one-room shack in a shantytown. She makes money by scavenging for scraps of
metal while he begs. Student on
mission to expose Thailand sex trade "You can read about it and
watch documentaries all you want, but until you're actually there and you're offered
children, you can't grasp how horrendous it is," said Quinnell, explaining that his being male, white, solo and
in Thailand often added up to the assumption that he was a so-called
"sex tourist." He'll never forget the first time he was
offered a girl no older than 12. "These children didn't choose
anything about their lives," he said. "They're just born into
it." ***
ARCHIVES *** www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-THAILAND.pdf While the international and Thai
media may focus on Western offenders, it is clear that Asian exploiters,
including Thai nationals are also responsible for the sexual abuse and exploitation
of children. According to group discussions with college students who
volunteer for the Centre for Girls, (a partner of the ECPAT Foundation in the
North of the country), college students are being approached and sexually
exploited by local adult men, i.e. wealthy men who act as a ‘sugar daddy’ for
the girls, giving them gifts and money in exchange for sexual favours. As seen from news reports, Internet cafés can
become places where local men sexually exploit children, including young
boys, in exchange for playing online games for free in a private room at the
back of the café. According to the Office of the Basic Education Commission,
between January and September 2006, 25 cases of sexual harassment against
school children were reported in a total of 175 educational districts
nationwide. U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are likewise involved in the trafficking of drugs in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Trafficking in children,
including for commercial sexual exploitation, remained a serious problem (see
section 5, Trafficking). Pedophilia continued, both by citizens and by
foreign sex tourists. The government, university researchers, and NGOs estimated
that there were as many as 30 thousand to 40 thousand prostitutes under 18 years of age, not including foreign migrants. The
Prostitution Prevention and Suppression Act makes
child prostitution illegal and provides for criminal punishment for those who
use prostitutes under 18. Parents who allow a child to enter into
prostitution also are punishable. During the year there were a few arrests
and no prosecutions of parents who allowed a child to enter into
prostitution. Custom and tradition made it rare for children to accuse their
parents in court proceedings. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
majority of prostitutes were
not kept under physical constraint, but a large number worked in debt
bondage. Brothel procurers reportedly advanced parents a substantial sum
against their child's future earnings. The child was then obligated to work
in a brothel to repay the loan. Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1998 [30] The Committee expresses
concern at the continuing high rate of sexual abuse of children, including
child prostitution and trafficking and sale of children, which affects both
girls and boys. In this regard, the Committee recommends that measures be
taken, on an urgent basis, to strengthen law enforcement and to implement the
State party's national program of prevention. Education
may prevent human trafficking Hundreds of thousands of men and
women in northern Children
lured into Thai sex industry Under the neon-lights of Pattaya, the Thai town renowned for its
sex industry, boys and girls as young as seven try to sell flowers to
western tourists. Some will end up selling their bodies. ''These kids start
by selling sweets to tourists who aren't interested, so they use sexual
tactics like holding arms or legs,'' said Sudjai Nakphain of World Vision, who works on a project for
children in Pattaya. ''While some kind adults just give them
money, others exploit those selling tactics and many kids, who have already
been sexually abused by their families, end up selling sex,'' she said. Lin Lin www.childexploitation.org/prostitution2.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
"Lin Lin"
was thirteen years old when she was recruited by an agent for work in Student on
mission to expose Thailand sex trade "You can read about it and watch
documentaries all you want, but until you're actually there and you're
offered children, you can't grasp how horrendous it is," said Quinnell, explaining that his being male, white, solo and
in Thailand often added up to the assumption that he was a so-called
"sex tourist." He'll never
forget the first time he was offered a girl no older than 12. "These children didn't choose anything
about their lives," he said. "They're just born into it." Most disturbing about One boy, 10-year-old
"Ice," said three times a month someone offers to pay him for sex.
He always declines. But social workers fear the lure of money will someday
change his mind. Ice and his brother sleep on the floor in his grandmother's
one-room shack in a shantytown. She makes money by scavenging for scraps of
metal while he begs. A perfect
lure for paedophiles But anti-human-trafficking experts
say the situation in www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4923177,00.html But a 2004 story in The Nation
reported that a study by Nitet Tinnakul,
of Trip inspires student's mission against sex trade in
Thailand www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=468398 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
But Quinnell
didn't want to document just the horrific. He wanted to capture glimpses of
hope, too. He found them in the
Development Education Program for Daughters and Community, a school near Mae Sai that provides free education and counseling to
orphans and other undocumented children. The school, which is credited with
saving hundreds of children from child prostitution, is run by Sompop Jantraka. Jantraka, whom Time magazine counts among the top 25
Asian heroes, has been twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Thai
families partners in child sex trade - Border area's products are Drugs and
Daughters When Burmese migrant Ngun Chai sold his 13-year-old
daughter into prostitution for $114, his wife, La, had one
regret -- they didn't get a good price for her. "I should have asked for 10,000 baht
($228)," La Chai said. "He robbed
us." The Development and Education
Program for Daughters and Communities (DEPDC), a nongovernmental organization
in Mae Sai that works with local girls who are at
risk of being sold, estimates that of Pa Tek's 800
families, 7 in every 10 have sold at least one daughter into the trade. 47
Laotian women rescued from Thai prostitution dens [DOC] Thai police on Wednesday raided
two karaoke bars in a province near The women rescued from the bars in
Chachoengsao province, 30 kilometers (19 miles)
east of the capital, included eight girls under age 18, said police Col. Kraibun Songsuat. He said the
bars' operators had kept the doors to the bars locked to keep the women from
escaping. Khmer girls'
trafficking ordeal "At first I refused to have
sex with men. Then I was beaten so badly I had to hide my face for a month,
until it healed. Then I was told again I would have to sleep with the customers.
I knew if I refused I would be beaten again. I had no choice but to
agree." Briton nabbed on child sex charges independent-bangladesh.com/news/jul/16/16072005ap.htm#A21 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] School teachers came to us and
asked us to investigate after their grade five and six students disappeared
and came back with a lot of money. UK charity helps Thai girls and
children out of prostitution Many girls and children in ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [72] The Department of Public
Welfare has designated four protection homes to provide temporary shelter and
a recovery program for women and children who are victims of trafficking. A
special reception centre in english.people.com.cn/200112/14/eng20011214_86677.shtml At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
Thailand’s Position on Child Prostitution www.magma.ca/~thaiott/prostitution.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] During Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai Administration, combating child prostitution
became one of the priorities of his government. His policy initiatives have
eventually led to the passing of the Prostitution Prevention and Suppression
Act of 1996 that includes penalties for customers, procurers, as well as
parents who knowingly send their children into such trade. An
Update on Don't! Buy! Thai! Child
Prostitution in Thailand Girls as young as 10-12 years old
service men in the sex industry. Many of the girls typically have sex with
ten to fifteen men every day, and sometimes as many
as 20 to 30. Sex 'Tourist' Gets
Seven Years In his final words to the court
before the jury retired to consider its verdict, he broke down and apologized
to the girl, now 17, for stealing her childhood.
It was pointed out that it is only
our Western morality that considers it a "problem." Since it's a
long tradition of youth helping out their parents financially, which is encouraged
by Buddhism, even if it's from sex work, it’s only our Western values that
consider it a "problem" and what right to we have to impose our
moral judgments on a different culture? www.namibian.com.na/2001/April/world/01E15EC036.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] Hotelier Acts On
Child Prostitution Accor, a major hotel group, has agreed
to tackle child prostitution in its hotels in Prostitution
touches lives of Thailand's children Her mother, who was heavily in
debt, forced her into prostitution when she was 9 years old. She was a child prostitute for one
year. "I refused several
times," Rin recalled. "Then my mother took me out of school
and kept telling me to do 'the job.'
In the end, I gave in. I felt
pity for my mother. I wanted to help
her." TAT SUPPORTS FIGHT AGAINST CHILD PROSTITUTION - In April 1996, the government
of Adventist
Professor Highlights Horrors of Child Prostitution in Thailand news.adventist.org/2000/05/avetist-professor-highlights-horrors-of-chil-prostitutio-i-thaila.html www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/8931/anrbulletin.html news.adventist.org/data/2000/04/0958664206/index.html.en "An estimated 800,000
children below the age of 16 work as prostitutes in Child
Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab [BOOK BY SIROJ SORAJJAKOOL, PHD]
In www.siamese-dream.com/page/siam1/CTGY/charity-child-prostitution At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
The Foundation shelters 25-30
girls who are between 10 and 16 years old. Those who belong to families with
members already in the flesh trade, or broken families with drug and/or
alcohol addiction, and those who suffer physical/sexual abuses from family
members, have been given priority to be accepted in the Foundation. Prevention of Child Prostitution in hercurian.com/community/child_prostitution.htm At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
DEP is in desperate need right now
for financial contributions in order to take care of the girls it has rescued
from child prostitution The girls at Daughter's Brothel agents travel into the
rural areas of One young girl that I met had been
locked in a room and forced to serve upward of ten men a day. She was only eight
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