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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Situation Of Children In Ukraine And Their Vulnerability
To Commercial Sexual Exploitation [PDF] Julia. Galustyan, Head of Centre
for Gender Studies, PhD. in Sociology & Valentina.
Novitskaya, Research Fellow, Centre for Gender
Studies, ECPAT International, Ukrainian Institute Of Social Research, 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 August 2011] According IOM data, of 1355
Ukrainian victims of trafficking who asked for help, 10% were adolescents
(mostly aged from 12 to18). In
September 2003, in the There are rare cases when parents
themselves sell their children: In Yevpatoria, Flourishing of child prostitution in Ukraine Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mar 22,
2007 [URL of the report has been withheld due to a suspected
virus threat at that location] [Last access date unavailable] Juan Miguel Petit said that Ukrainian child prostitution has increased for recent years. According to the research of Ukrainian Institute of Social Investigation, there are 11% of children at the age of 12-15 and 20% of children at the age of 16-17 among women who are engaged in sexual service. Petit pointed out that there are even 10 years old girls who are involved in prostitution. The UNO chairman worries about the
way the procurers, trafficking dealers and producers of pornography use
children. He learned from mass media and different booklets for tourists that
there are many announcements about weddings and meetings which are not
controlled. He emphasized that with visa free entrance for majority of west countries
Ukraine is turning into an open country for sex-tourism. The Commission's
Special Rapporteur apprehends that there are many
juveniles, exploited in this spreading activity. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action against
commercial exploitation of children - UKRAINE [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-UKRAINE.pdf [accessed 7 August 2011] Ukraine is a country from which
children are trafficked for sexual purposes. Minors are trafficked primarily
to Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, as
well as to western European countries. Ukraine is also a destination country,
and during the summer months in particular, many minors from CIS countries
are trafficked to the Crimea and the Azov sea coast
for prostitution. This phenomenon is directly connected to child sex tourism,
which is practised by Ukrainian citizens and
foreigners alike and seems to be on the rise. Research has shown that between 30
and 40 per cent of sex workers in Ukraine are between 11 and 18 years old.
Most of them are prostituted in tourist resorts in the Black Sea during the
summer months, particularly in the Odessa and Crimea regions. This suggests a
strong link between the prostitution of children and child sex tourism within
the country. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61682.htm [accessed 5 January 2011] CHILDREN - Children continued to be
victims of violence and abuse. The Voice of Ukraine newspaper reported that,
in response to a January 2004 poll by the State Institute of Family and
Youth, 43 percent of minors said that they had been victims of some form of
violence. During 2003, 300 criminal cases were opened against parents for
neglect of parental duties. The majority of complaints of abuse of children
related to child prostitution,
pornographic video sales, child molestation, and illegal child labor. The commercial sexual exploitation
of children remained a serious problem. According to domestic and foreign law
enforcement officials, a significant portion of the child pornography
available on the Internet continued to originate in Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of
The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 17 November 1995 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/crc-ukraine95.htm [accessed 5 January 2011] [14] The Committee regrets that
appropriate measures have not yet been taken to effectively prevent and
combat ill treatment of children in schools or in institutions where children
may be placed. The Committee is also preoccupied by the existence on a large
scale of child abuse and violence within the family and the insufficient
protection afforded by the existing legislation and services in that regard.
The problem of sexual exploitation of children also requires special
attention. Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social,
and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural
Rights, 24/09/2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/ukraine2001.html [accessed 19 September 2011] [11] The Committee is concerned at
the large-scale trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and
children. [29] The Committee encourages the
State party to strengthen its efforts to combat the trafficking and
commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. It recommends that the
State party vigorously pursue the enforcement of criminal laws in this
regard; ensure that victims are not penalized and are provided with
rehabilitation; ensure that the National Coordination Council against
Trafficking is adequately resourced and staffed; and reinforce its
cooperation with international and regional organizations, as well as on a
bilateral basis. The Committee recommends that the State party, in its fifth
periodic report, provide full information on the trafficking and commercial
sexual exploitation of women and children, including data on the scale of the
phenomenon. helping to feed Cassandra Jardine, The
Telegraph, 24 Jan 2009 [accessed 8 August 2011] At night, they emerge to steal,
forage and earn money from prostitution; by day, they cuddle up to the giant
hot water pipes that serve public buildings. These are the street children of
Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. As many as 200,000 such
unaccounted-for children live rough in a country where daytime temperatures
can be -20C (-4F). They live under manholes that cover the maintenance points
for the city’s heating system and conditions are cramped, insanitary
and dangerous – many are burnt by the scalding pipes. But it is their only
means of survival in a country which has been beset by problems since
independence from the Wisdom Dzidedi Donkor, Public Agenda ( allafrica.com/stories/200711051563.html [partially accessed 8 August 2011 - access restricted]] RESEARCH FINDINGS - In the Ukraine, a survey conducted
by the group "La Strada-Ukraine" in
2001-2003, based on a sample of 106 women being 'trafficked' out of Ukraine
found that 3% were under 18, and the US State Department reported in 2004
that incidents of minors being trafficked was increasing. The Situation Of Children In Julia. Galustyan, Head of Centre
for Gender Studies, PhD. in Sociology & Valentina.
Novitskaya, Research Fellow, Centre for Gender Studies,
ECPAT International, Ukrainian Institute Of Social Research, 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 August 2011] According IOM data, of 1355
Ukrainian victims of trafficking who asked for help, 10% were adolescents
(mostly aged from 12 to18). In
September 2003, in the There are rare cases when parents
themselves sell their children: In Yevpatoria, Flourishing of child prostitution in Ukraine Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Mar 22,
2007 [URL of the report has been withheld due to a suspected
virus threat at that location] [Last access date unavailable] Juan Miguel Petit said that
Ukrainian child prostitution has increased for recent years. According to the
research of Ukrainian Institute of Social Investigation, there are 11% of
children at the age of 12-15 and 20% of children at the age of 16-17 among
women who are engaged in sexual service. Petit pointed out that there are
even 10 years old girls who are involved in prostitution. The UNO chairman worries about the
way the procurers, trafficking dealers and producers of pornography use
children. He learned from mass media and different booklets for tourists that
there are many announcements about weddings and meetings which are not
controlled. He emphasized that with visa free entrance for majority of west
countries Ukraine is turning into an open country for sex-tourism. The
Commission's Special Rapporteur apprehends that
there are many juveniles, exploited in this spreading activity. UN children rights expert gives UN News Service, 31 October 2006 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20430&Cr=child&Cr1=rights [accessed 8 August 2011] UN Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Juan
Miguel Petit, said the country needs “to build a new model of protection for
children’s rights,” one that allows a greater role for non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and private sector initiatives, to make up for
diminished state capabilities. One key institutional gap is the
“absence of a separate juvenile justice system” to deal with child
prostitution, trafficking and street children, Mr. Petit said. Joint East West Research on Trafficking in Children for
Sexual Purposes in Edited by: Muireann O’Briain, Anke van den Borne
& Theo Noten, ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement
Group, Programme against Trafficking in Children
for Sexual Purposes in Europe, www.childcentre.info/projects/traffickin/dbaFile11169.pdf [accessed 5 January 2011] [page 35]
Only a few prostituted minors in Ukraine work in hotels, casinos and
restaurants; most of them offer their services at stations, on highways and
in marketplaces. The report refers to the dangerous and unhygienic conditions
in which minor prostitutes in Ukraine work, particularly those who operate on
the highways and the streets. For this reason, many prostituted children get
ill with sexually transmitted diseases. 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 – Ukrainian National Consultation on the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children ECPAT International, Situational Analysis Research, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 8 August 2011] Research shows that of all those
engaged in prostitution in the country, 11% are girls aged between 12 and 15,
and 20% are aged 16 to 17. Furthermore, 18% of street children in ECPAT: Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes ECPAT International Newsletter, Issue No : 33 1/December/2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] EASTERN EUROPE - The Way Home The Way Home - At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 August 2011] WHAT IS HAPPENING? - How do the children survive out
in the street? They united into groups, worked out their rules and habits. They
earn their living in every possible way honestly and not very honestly. They
wash cars, carry heavy things, beg, steal, get engaged in prostitution…
Naturally, the children who stay out of doors do not go to school. LifeNets Commits to Helping Orphans and
Street Children in Vinogradov Victor Kubik, LifeNets, July 26, 2001 www.lifenets.org/vinogradov/072601.htm [accessed 5 August 2011] Children have had to fend for
themselves. Many of them are orphans
or have lost one of their parents. It
is sad, but many of the children know their parents only as alcoholics and
know only sickness, cold and hunger.
The children's lives are often accompanied with beatings, addition to
drugs, criminality, prostitution and begging. Constantly we see children
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