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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child prostitution on the rise in Congo Independent
Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/africa/child-prostitution-on-the-rise-in-congo-1.418509 [accessed
4 May 2011] Child prostitution
has reached alarmingly high levels in A 2003 World
Bank-backed study found that 120 000 people suffered from HIV or Aids in
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ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf [accessed 2 November 2010] INCIDENCE AND NATURE
OF CHILD LABOR
- Children work with their families on farms or in informal business
activities.1122 In Brazzaville and other urban centers, there are significant
numbers of street children, primarily from the neighboring Human Rights
Reports » 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 6, 2007 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78729.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CHILDREN
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There were isolated cases of child prostitution among street children. The
prevalence of the problem remained unclear. According to reports from
international and local NGOs and other observers, these cases were not linked
to trafficking but were efforts by some street children to survive.
International organizations assisted with programs to feed and shelter street
children. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
29 September 2006 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/congo2006.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [81] While welcoming
the study on the sexual exploitation of children which is being conducted
with UNICEF’s support, the Committee expresses concern at sexual harassment
in schools. It is also concerned at the fact that sexual exploitation of
children is a widespread practice. The Committee is also concerned at the
fact that the Portella Law prohibiting the presence
of children in bars and night clubs is not enforced. [83] While noting that
the State party has ratified the Convention for the Suppression of the
Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others on
25 August 1977, the Committee is concerned at the absence of legislation
prohibiting trafficking in persons, particularly children. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 12/05/2000 www.acpd.ca/compilation/2006/05-icescr/5c.htm#CONGO [accessed
4 May 2011] 21. The Committee
expresses its grave concern regarding the decline of the standard of health
in the Republic of the Child prostitution on the rise in Congo Independent
Online (IOL) News, www.iol.co.za/news/africa/child-prostitution-on-the-rise-in-congo-1.418509 [accessed
4 May 2011] Child prostitution
has reached alarmingly high levels in A 2003 World
Bank-backed study found that 120 000 people suffered from HIV or Aids in
The Protection Project - Republic of the The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/congor.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - By 2010, an estimated 20 million
children under the age of 15 in Sub-Saharan Africa will have lost one or both
parents from HIV/AIDS. Those children are left extremely vulnerable to
trafficking for forced labor, forced prostitution, or forced combat. The economic
collapse of the 1990s, coupled with the rise in households headed by females,
may have contributed to an increase in informal prostitution. 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] [page 59] – Although CSEC is
reported to be a very visible and increasing problem in All
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