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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Turkmenistan.htm
Turkmenistan is a source country for women trafficked
primarily to Turkey but reportedly also to the UAE, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,
and Pakistan for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Men and women
are trafficked to Turkey for the purpose of domestic servitude and forced
labor, specifically in textile sweatshops. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking
in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Prostitution on the rise UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=28974 [accessed 2 January 2011] There is an unprecedented situation in Turkmenistan when [some] husbands, fathers and brothers push their wives, daughters and sisters into illegal ways, including prostitution, because they don't have a job and means to get by, Even more disturbing, the report alleged that parents had taken to selling their daughters and setting up brothels in their homes in this otherwise traditional society. International Women's Rights Action Watch - Country
Reports - IWRAW Director Marsha A. Freeman with the assistance of
Cram-Dalton Scholar Natalie Hoover Prepared for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women, 35th Session, May 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] ARTICLE 6 TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - “In the case of Turkmenistan,
gathering any firm data and conducting interviews, with the exception of
basic information from five individuals who had been part of NGOs, proved
impossible. The author experienced this unease directly whilst in
Turkmenistan, where many of those attending the roundtable declined to be
interviewed face to face, and those who did agree spoke in whispers. No
amount of interviewing skill or sophisticated methodology can overcome a
pervasive sense of fear for expressing a point of view.” “Because getting out of Turkmenistan is
difficult,” she said, “I allowed myself to be smuggled out of here via Iran,
but I was told I would have a good job working for an Arab family in
Dubai.” After an arduous road journey across Iran and a Gulf crossing
by boat, she found herself working in a Russian syndicate-run brothel in
Dubai. “It was horrific. I worked all night, every night, for six
days, and was beaten if I refused to perform,” she added tearfully. “I
know I was stupid,” she added, “but there’s nothing, nothing, nothing for us
here.” ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61681.htm [accessed 2 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – In
December 2004 the IOM reported that airport and border officials facilitated
the repatriation of a trafficking victim from There were six known cases of
trafficking in persons and one successful prosecution on charges of sexual
exploitation, slavery, and encouraging deceitful border crossing. Victims involved in these cases
were reportedly trafficked to The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/turkemenistan.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE – An especially important social
institution in Central Asian societies that seems to have particular bearing
on the problem of trafficking is the practice of arranged and forced
marriages. This practice may explain why it has been relatively easy for
traffickers to deceive young Central Asian women with promises of marriage to
rich foreigners. Finally, it has been suggested
that the geographic location of the Central Asian states contributes to the
increasing levels of trafficking in persons in the region. In particular, the
location of these countries “between the main destination countries in East
Asia and the Prostitution on the rise UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=28974 [accessed 2 January 2011] There is an unprecedented
situation in Turkmenistan when [some] husbands, fathers and brothers push
their wives, daughters and sisters into illegal ways, including prostitution,
because they don't have a job and means to get by, Even more disturbing, the report
alleged that parents had taken to selling their daughters and setting up
brothels in their homes in this otherwise traditional society. International Women's Rights Action Watch - Country Reports
- IWRAW Director Marsha A. Freeman with the assistance of
Cram-Dalton Scholar Natalie Hoover Prepared for the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, 35th Session, May 2006 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] ARTICLE 6 TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - “In the case of Turkmenistan,
gathering any firm data and conducting interviews, with the exception of
basic information from five individuals who had been part of NGOs, proved
impossible. The author experienced this unease directly whilst in Turkmenistan,
where many of those attending the roundtable declined to be interviewed face
to face, and those who did agree spoke in whispers. No amount of
interviewing skill or sophisticated methodology can overcome a pervasive
sense of fear for expressing a point of view.” “Because getting out of Turkmenistan is
difficult,” she said, “I allowed myself to be smuggled out of here via Iran,
but I was told I would have a good job working for an Arab family in
Dubai.” After an arduous road journey across Iran and a Gulf crossing
by boat, she found herself working in a Russian syndicate-run brothel in
Dubai. “It was horrific. I worked all night, every night, for six
days, and was beaten if I refused to perform,” she added tearfully. “I
know I was stupid,” she added, “but there’s nothing, nothing, nothing for us
here.” International Gender Conference
Underway UN Integrated Regional Information Networks IRIN, 23 April
2004 www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/218/46419.html [accessed 2 January 2011] Although the extent of the problem
of human trafficking in Turkmenistan is not very high compared to some other
Central Asian or former Soviet republics, the fast pace of economic development
and the difference in the economic situation between Turkmenistan and some
other countries could change this, he said.
"With a recent announcement of more flexible exit procedures
there will more and more possibilities for Turkmen citizens to travel
abroad," Milovic said. State Department International Visitor Program ( Polaris Project ~ Combating Human Trafficking and
Modern-day Slavery, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] [Scroll down to June 14, 2005] STATE
DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ( Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 7 Civil Liberties: 7 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7723 [accessed 2 January 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/turkmenistan [accessed 2 January 2011] Stop Violence Against Women – Country Page The Advocates for Human Rights, August 2, 2004 [accessed 2 January 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DK851 .K34 1997 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tmtoc.html [accessed 2 January 2011] Jerome Taylor, The Independent, 24 Jun 2006 eu-digest.blogspot.com/2006/06/independent-online-europe-ignoring.html [accessed 3 May 2012] The EU has been accused of
ignoring human rights abuses in "The EU is being completely hypocritical,"
he said. "We isolate a country like "We are profoundly concerned
that those detained are at risk of torture and ill treatment," said
Holly Cartner, the director of the Europe and All material used herein
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