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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Bangkok attraction Jeremy P. Meyer, www.denverpost.com/jonbenet/ci_4244063 [accessed 30 July 2011] 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 Heather LaRoi, [accessed 30 July 2011] "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 *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - THAILAND [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-THAILAND.pdf [accessed 31 July 2011] 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. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/thailand.htm [accessed 29 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are likewise involved in the trafficking of drugs in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61628.htm [accessed 29 December 2010] 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) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 9 October 1998 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/thailand1998.html [accessed 29 December 2010] [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. Abolitionists tell story of Michele Willer-Allred, www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/13/abolitionists-tell-story-of-thailands-child-sex/ [accessed 18 September 2011] In 2006, Batstone
met Most had been kidnapped or sold by
their parents, and all ended up in the child-sex brothels of Chiang Mai. Some had escaped from the brothels but
feared they would be recaptured. Once in Education may prevent human trafficking Casey Northcutt, The At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here [accessed 28 August 2011] Hundreds of thousands of men and
women in northern Gateways to exploitation ECPAT International, Nov. 10, 2007 www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/article796077.ece [accessed 31 July 2011] Children lured into Thai sex industry Nopporn Wong-Anan, Reuters, Pattaya www.reuters.com/article/2006/12/15/us-children-thailand-sex-idUSBKK8192720061215 [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 childexploitation.org At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 31 July 2011] "Lin Lin"
was thirteen years old when she was recruited by an agent for work in Student on mission to expose Heather LaRoi, [accessed 30 July 2011] "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." The Jeremy P. Meyer, www.denverpost.com/jonbenet/ci_4244063 [accessed 30 July 2011] 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 Editorial, The Nation, August 22, 2006 www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/22/opinion/opinion_30011609.php [accessed 31 July 2011] But anti-human-trafficking experts
say the situation in Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News, August 17, 2006 m.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/Aug/17/thailand-is-a-major-stop-for-those-seeking-child/ [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 Megan Twohey, web.archive.org/web/20080316032351/http:/www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=468398 [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 Andrew Perrin, San Francisco Chronicle, Mae Sai, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/06/MN11926.DTL [accessed 25 January 2011] 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] Associated Press AP, [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 Kylie Morris, BBC News, Thai-Cambodian border, 2 June 2005 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4599709.stm [accessed 29 December 2010] "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 Agence France-Presse
AFP, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 July 2011] 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. Business News, October 24, 2005 [accessed 31 July 2011] Many girls and children in 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 31 July 2011] [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 People's Daily Online, December 14, 2001 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 July 2011] Thailand’s Position on Child Prostitution Royal Thai Embassy in At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 July 2011] 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! The Zero - The Official Website of Andrew Vachss, December 20, 2000 www.vachss.com/mission/dbt_update.html [accessed 31 July 2011] Child Prostitution in Sirirat Pusurinkham,
The Witness Magazine, 19 December 2001 thewitness.org/agw/pusurinkham.121901.html [accessed 31 July 2011] 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. In The children go because they feel
that they can help their families. They feel in debt to their families, and
want to help improve their lives. Thai culture emphasizes
that children should listen to their parents and help their parents. Sex 'Tourist' Gets Seven Years BBC News, 20 October, 2000 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/980337.stm [accessed 31 July 2011] 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.
Dave in www.sexwork.com/Thailand/child.html [accessed 31 July 2011] 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? At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 July 2011] Hotelier Acts On Child Prostitution BBC News, 19 February, 2003 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2780957.stm [accessed 31 July 2011] Accor, a major hotel group, has agreed
to tackle child prostitution in its hotels in Prostitution touches lives of Cable News Network CNN, www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/southeast/9911/19/thai.child.prostitution/ [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 Tourism Authority of www.travelthailand.net/traveltips.htm#Child%20Prostitution [accessed 31 July 2011] In April 1996, the government of Adventist Professor Highlights Horrors of Child
Prostitution in Jonathan Gallagher, Adventist News Network ANN World News
Bulletin, 18 May 2000 news.adventist.org/2000/05/avetist-professor-highlights-horrors-of-chil-prostitutio-i-thaila.html [accessed 31 July 2011] "An estimated 800,000
children below the age of 16 work as prostitutes in Child Prostitution in Siroj sorajjakool,
Child prostitution in Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 31 July 2011] In Harbor House Foundation Siamese Dream of www.siamese-dream.com/charity-Harbor-House.html [accessed 31 July 2011] 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 June Narber, Non-Profit Organizations, You can help www.hercurian.com/nonp_thailand.htm [accessed 18 September 2011] 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
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