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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Angola.htm
Angola is a country of origin for women
and children trafficked internally for the purpose of domestic servitude and
young men trafficked for the purpose of forced agricultural labor. Women and
children, primarily, are trafficked to South Africa, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Namibia, and Portugal. Young boys are trafficked to Namibia to
herd cattle. Children are also forced to act as couriers in cross-border
trade between Namibia and Angola as part of a scheme to skirt import fees.
Traffickers successfully targeted children and adults, usually women, from
poorer families, who enter into work agreements with relatives or contacts in
other cities or provinces that subsequently prove to be coerced and
exploitive. Unaccompanied migrant children are highly vulnerable to
trafficking; trafficking victims have been found among them. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Children as Weapons of War Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch World Report 2004 [accessed 19 January 2011] TRANSITIONING CHILDREN OUT OF WAR - In ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/angola.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, pornography,
forced labor, sexual slavery, and other forms of exploitation are reported to
exist in the country. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - In 2004, the Government of Angola concluded its national
child registration campaign, which has documented 3.8 million children under
the age of 18 years since August 2002.
By providing children with accurate, official age documentation, the
government worked to stem the recruitment of underage children by
traffickers, and ensure underage children were not admitted to the military.
In addition, 45,000 orphans or children living alone were reintegrated into
family living situations. Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78718.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The constitution and law
prohibit slavery; however, there are no specific laws against trafficking in
persons. There were unconfirmed reports that persons were trafficked from and
within the country. The extent of trafficking in
persons was unknown, but was not believed to be significant. During the year
there were unconfirmed reports that a small number of children were
trafficked out of the country to Methods used by traffickers to
obtain and transport victims were unknown. The small number of traffickers
working in the country was not thought to be organized. The government operated facilities
throughout the country for abandoned and abducted children; however, in many
cases the facilities were underfunded,
understaffed, and overcrowded. A Catholic-affiliated center in Namacumbe, near the Namibian border, assisted victims of
trafficking to find and reintegrate with their families. The government provided basic
assistance to trafficking victims on an ad hoc basis, especially in the
capital. Local social welfare agencies provided basic necessities. This type
of program did not exist outside of The government attempted to
monitor its borders, but lacked resources to do so effectively. Efforts by UNICEF, supported by the government, strengthened
immigration controls at airports and border checkpoints. Immigration services
at the international airport in Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 3, 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/angola2004.html [accessed 19 January 2011] [66] The Committee is concerned
about the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of and trafficking in
children in the State party and notes that internally displaced and street
children are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7554 [accessed 19 January 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch [accessed 19 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DT1269 .A54 1990 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/aotoc.html [accessed 19 January 2011] Children as Weapons of War Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch World Report 2004 [accessed 19 January 2011] TRANSITIONING CHILDREN OUT OF WAR - In All material used herein reproduced under the
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