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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of
the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Zambia.htm
Zambia is a source, transit, and destination country for
women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual
exploitation. Child victims, primarily trafficked within the country for
labor and sexual exploitation, tend to be female, adolescent, and orphaned.
In exchange for money or gifts, relatives or acquaintances often facilitate
the trafficking of a child to an urban center for prostitution. Children are
sometimes trafficked as a consequence of soliciting help from strangers such as
truck drivers. Many Zambian child laborers, particularly those in the
agriculture, domestic service, and fishing sectors, are also victims of human
trafficking. Traffickers most often operate through ad hoc, flexible networks
of relatives, truck drivers, business people, cross-border traders, and
religious leaders. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Human rights activists shed light on trafficking practices Alejandra Martinez/The University of
Texas-Pan American, October 31, 2010 www.panamericanonline.com/human-rights-activists-shed-light-on-trafficking-practices-1.2388179 [accessed 17 January 2011] Like Adefolahan,
Temba, an activist from She added that the main types of
trafficking women fall victim to include forced marriages, domestic work, and
child laundering. This last one is when women, especially young girls, are
impregnated repeatedly and forced to give up their children for adoption. "We're also seeing cases of
trafficking in families… fathers and uncles selling children," she said.
"A father attempted to sell his 10-year-old son for $200. Also an uncle
attempted to sell his nephew for $6,000." Japhet Banda, Times of allafrica.com/stories/200307140136.html [partially accessed 26 August 2011 - access restricted] When Tomaida
Tembo received news of her impending trip to To make her travelling
easy, the distant cousin had sent enough money to cover her travelling expenses and a lot more to help her mother
settle down after her departure. That
was five years ago since the morning Tomaida left
the sanctuary of her mother on a journey that changed her life forever. Wondering on the cold streets of Activists Urge Zambian Government to Crack Down on Human
Trafficking Voice of www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/a-13-2007-05-01-voa41.html [accessed 17 January 2011] Kafukanya says ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/zambia.htm [accessed 17 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Street children are especially vulnerable to commercial sexual
exploitation, and the problem of child prostitution is widespread in Human
Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61599.htm [accessed 17 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Women
from the country were trafficked within the country and to other parts of
Africa and to The government did not keep data
on trafficking cases and the law did not define the crime of trafficking,
making it difficult to profile the typical trafficker. A 2004 survey of
service providers, community members, and children located in four cities
indicated that traffickers come from a variety of backgrounds and include
family members, truck drivers, prostitutes, and business persons. Foreign
traffickers were said to have come from Asia, Europe, and Traffickers often use promises of
employment to entice young girls and women to leave their homes and families
and then force them into prostitution. Human rights activists shed light on trafficking practices Alejandra Martinez/The University of
Texas-Pan American, October 31, 2010 www.panamericanonline.com/human-rights-activists-shed-light-on-trafficking-practices-1.2388179 [accessed 17 January 2011] Like Adefolahan,
Temba, an activist from She added that the main types of
trafficking women fall victim to include forced marriages, domestic work, and
child laundering. This last one is when women, especially young girls, are impregnated
repeatedly and forced to give up their children for adoption. "We're also seeing cases of
trafficking in families… fathers and uncles selling children," she said.
"A father attempted to sell his 10-year-old son for $200. Also an uncle
attempted to sell his nephew for $6,000." Zambian's plight highlights Shelly Slater, WFAA-TV, February 7, 2008 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] [scroll down] At age 11, Kechepa
lived in "We noticed that all the
things they promised in Director Amy Allais pours her
soul into human trafficking ad Fresh Eye Film Productions, Bizcommunity.com, 6 Jul 2007 www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/17/16017.html [accessed 17 January 2011] A gripping commercial for The
International Organisation for Migration on human trafficking is definitely a
commercial Director Amy Allais, from Fresh Eye Film
Productions, poured her soul into. The commercial focuses on a young
girl, in “The call centre is now receiving
about 100 calls a day. We usually only receive no more than 50 calls a week.
Who says advertising doesn't work?” Activists Urge Zambian Government to Crack Down on Human
Trafficking Voice of www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/a-13-2007-05-01-voa41.html [accessed 17 January 2011] Kafukanya says Human Trafficking - Danger to Social , Economic Growth Thomas Changopa, Times of At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 13 September 2011] Many of these children whose
parents have died from HIV/AIDS or related diseases lack parental care and
guidance, cultural, social and family ties and life skills that are usually
passed on from generation to generation. They are deprived of their childhood
love and care and many of them lose the opportunity to go to school. They
become victims of human trafficking because they tend to be attracted to big
cities and towns, with the view of earning a living. Child Trafficking: Does It Exist In Charles Simengwa, Times of www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationnews/article.php?Mig_News_ID=818&Mig_News_Issue=3&Mig_News_Cat=10 [accessed 17 January 2011] When 16-year-old Fridah Bwalya (not real name)
visited a local restaurant on what had started as a normal day, little did
she know that her life would change forever. AIDS Now Compels Sharon LaFraniere, The New York
Times, www.aegis.com/news/nyt/2005/NYT050507.html [accessed 17 January 2011] In Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 3 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7736 [accessed 17 January 2011] Twelve suspected human traffickers arrested Times of At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] Ms Mbangweta said the suspects were
allegedly enticing Zambians by promising them lucrative employment and
businesses in various parts of the world. She said the group had also used
fake passports and the department was making arrangements for one-way travel
documents to send them back. She said
the ring had set up several command posts where agents were being paid
handsomely for facilitating the exit from The Invisible people - Sokari, August 07, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] [scroll down]
The African Gender Institute has launched a new report based on a
study of human trafficking and prostitution in In The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/zambia.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - HIV/AIDS, coupled with poverty, has contributed to the
proliferation of street children and child labor in Japhet Banda, Times of allafrica.com/stories/200307140136.html [partially accessed 26 August 2011 - access restricted] When Tomaida Tembo received news of her impending trip to To make her travelling
easy, the distant cousin had sent enough money to cover her travelling expenses and a lot more to help her mother
settle down after her departure. That
was five years ago since the morning Tomaida left
the sanctuary of her mother on a journey that changed her life forever. Wondering on the cold streets of Massive child labour in afrol News, 25 October 2002 -- Sources:
ICFTU & afrol archives www.afrol.com/News2002/zam008_labour_report.htm [accessed 17 January 2011] With children working in dangerous
occupations including portering, street begging and
domestic labour, child labour is a widespread problem in The UN labour agency, ILO, has
published figures that estimate that over 550,000 children were working in
2001. 85 percent of these were involved in the so-called "worst forms of
child labour." According to the ICFTU report, "as the number of
Zambians dying of HIV-AIDS continues to increase, the numbers of orphans, and
the number of households headed by a child, increases as well. Nearly all of
these children are working." Neither were children safe from
the perils of prostitution. The report states that "there are reports of
forced prostitution [in Zambia], particularly of children, of the trafficking
of women and children to neighbouring countries for
the purposes of prostitution, and of combatants from neighbouring
Angola kidnapping Zambians and taking them back to Angola to perform various
forms of forced labour." - htcp All material used herein
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