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in U.S. Dept
of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - UNICEF estimated that 66.2 percent of children ages 5 to 14 years
were working in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- There were reports that
young girls were trafficked to The country was a transit point
for children trafficked from Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [70] While noting the efforts made
by the State party to prevent and combat sexual exploitation of children, the
Committee is concerned that: (a) little data is available on the extent and patterns of
sexual exploitation and prostitution of children; (b) that Existing legislation
intended to protect children from sexual exploitation and prostitution is
neither sufficient nor effective; and (c) that
child victims of sexual exploitation often do not receive adequate protection
and/or recovery assistance. Suffering
to succeed - Violence and abuse in schools in Togo [PDF] Sexually transmitted marks - One
of the consequences of the proliferation of violence in Togolese schools is that
there appears to be a crisis of confidence in the education system among
schoolchildren themselves, certainly in the areas when Plan Togo conducted
its research. None of the secondary schoolchildren we interviewed, from at
least four schools, believes that the marks they receive at the end of term
or end of year reflect the work they have done. There is a widespread belief
that marks are the result of a series of trade-offs, mostly forced and
unwanted, between pupil and teacher, which mean you pass or fail because: • you’ve agreed to have sex with
the teacher, or you’ve refused • you’ve worked in the teacher’s
fields, or you haven’t • you’ve offered money and gifts
to the teacher, or you haven’t • you’re a boy who’s regarded by a
male teacher as a competitor for a certain girl, so you’re marked down – or
believe you’re marked down Plan Togo has discovered that the
expression ‘notes sexuellement transmissibles’
(sexually transmitted marks) is in widespread use in secondary schools. It’s
a subtle play on words, but what it conveys is the conviction of secondary
school students that success at school has very little to do with how clever
or hard-working you are. And that suggests a complete lack of faith in
teachers and in the education system as a whole. Koranic
schools in Senegal fuel child trafficking Until recently most countries in
West Africa did not have laws to penalize rape or child trafficking, although
the situation was improving, Legrand said. But as
one government cracked down on abuse, the problem moved to another country. A
recent drive against child prostitution in Gambia had driven sex tourism to
other parts of the region, such as Togo, Committee
on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Summary Record of 1018th Meeting - 2005 [5] Ms. BOYOTI-N'DADIYA
( ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – TOGO
– The government department Direction de la Protection et Promotion de la
Famille et de l’Enfant reports that Togo’s national plan on child abuse and
child trafficking has been helpful in the fight against CSEC. Civil society
is more sensitized; the Department receives CSEC related complaints almost
daily; law enforcement officers are more aware; and more perpetrators are
being prosecuted. However, full implementation of the plan is still a problem
because of financial difficulties. Child
Prostitution Goes Unchecked In Togo Adjo is 11 years old and tries
hard to look sexy in her black mini-skirt and skin-tight blue swimsuit
top. She told IRIN over a drink in a
bar filled with cigarette smoke and drug dealers lurking in the background
that she likes foreign customers best. They pay better and treat her more
respectfully than Togolese men. Child Trafficking in Togo: A Way Out Sometimes, children are left to
the lender as a pawn for a borrowed sum. They are, sometimes, left in
exchange for money to a female or male agent without the parents having the
chance to influence his fate after the deal. They are recruited or brought by
agents in Togo to clamp down on child prostitution In Dekon, one of Lome's poor
neighbourhoods, the Devissime or young girls' market as it is known in the
local language Mina, is one of the city's busiest prostitution zones. SEX
TOURISM - Child sex
tourism has been reported in CONFRONTING
THE PROBLEM -
Increasingly governments are willing to acknowledge that CSEC is a growing
problem within their borders, as well as the region, and are making efforts
to combat it. The Togolese government, for example, has developed a national
action plan on child trafficking and child abuse. The Department for the
Protection and Promotion of the Family and of Children has been carrying out
education and sensitization campaigns against sexual exploitation and the trafficking
of children for sexual purposes. In addition, it has been cooperating with
governments of neighboring countries, particularly NATIONAL
ACTION PLAN - The
Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action on the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children was adopted by 122 governments in 1996. Fourteen
countries from All material used herein
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