Regional Overview - AFRICA

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

In the early years of the 21st Century

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ECPAT - Regional Overview – Sexual Exploitation of Children Middle East and North Africa  [PDF]

Zina Khoury and Sirsa Qursha, ECPAT International, 2020

www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Regional-Overview-Sexual-Exploitation-of-Children-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-ECPAT-research.pdf

[accessed 21 September 2020]

This Regional Overview on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), consolidates the relevant existing data to map the context, risk factors, region-specific issues, responses and gaps in the fight against the issue. In addition to providing external audiences with a summary and analysis of the SEC, this report will also serve as an advocacy tool that highlights good practices by governments and other actors, and identifies opportunities for improvements. Keywords: child marriage, war and conflict, LQBTQI, SOGIE, gender norms, taboo.

ECPAT - Regional Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa  [PDF]

ECPAT International, November 2014

www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Regional%20CSEC%20Overview_Africa.pdf

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Maps sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual exploitation of children through prostitution, and child early and forced marriage (CEFM). Other topics include gender inequality, armed conflicts, natural disasters, migration, and HIV/AIDS.

ECPAT - Regional briefings on the Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism (SECTT) – Sub-Saharan Africa  [PDF]

ECPAT International, 2016

www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SubSahara.pdf

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A two-page overview on the issue of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT) in Sub-Saharan Africa.

African countries a ‘new frontier for child sexual exploitation’, warns report

Edna Mohamed, The Guardian, 27 November 2019

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/27/african-countries-a-new-frontier-for-child-sexual-exploitation-warns-report

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Weak laws regulating sexual exploitation in travel and tourism are turning the African continent into a “new frontier for child sexual exploitation”, according to a new report.

The study, by the African Child Policy Forum, sheds light on the continued rise of child sexual exploitation, including new forms such as “tourism marriages” and cybersex.

In Egypt, “tourism marriages” between young girls and male tourists were reported, predominantly among families from poorer backgrounds, who received financial payments for providing their daughters.

In Senegal, the study found online sexual exploitation has resulted in “young girls being recruited into pornographic films and bestiality”.

In Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and Zimbabwe, 22-38% of girls and 9–17% of boys have experienced sexual violence

Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa - A Silent Emergency [PDF]

African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) & OAK Foundation, 2019

violenceagainstchildren.un.org/sites/violenceagainstchildren.un.org/files/sexual_exploitation_of_children_in_africa_-_a_silent_emergency.pdf

[accessed 22 September 2020]

This report is one of the first attempts to take stock of existing knowledge of child sexual exploitation with a view to identifying key knowledge gaps, challenges, and promising and good practices.

This report:

• Assesses the extent and determinants of child sexual exploitation in Africa, including its cultural, social and economic aspects

• Examines the dimensions of child sexual exploitation in different contexts, including: migration and conflict; humanitarian disasters; domestic work; disability; orphanhood; and living and/or working on the street.

• Considers the policies, laws, measures, institutional arrangements, capacities and interventions that states, civil society and the private sector have established to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation in Africa

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