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FEATURED ARTICLE *** A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children in Karam Saber, ECPAT International: Report
on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Egypt, March 2003 www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/ecpat_2003_situational_analysis_studies_cse_children_egypt_3.pdf [accessed 10 May 2011] [2.1.2] Prostitution - There is
evidence that prostitution is spreading in ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - EGYPT [PDF] ECPAT 2008 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/MENA/Global_Monitoring_Report-EGYPT.pdf [accessed 10 May 2011] Limited information is available on
the extent and manifestations of commercial sexual exploitation of children
(CSEC) in In addition, girls aged between 15
and 18 who fall victim to commercial sexual exploitation may not be viewed as
victims. In many cases, girls and women who are sexually abused are perceived
by some as being responsible for the violence they suffered and thought to
have been careless in protecting themselves. Some qualitative and quantitative
research has been conducted to examine the abuse and sexual exploitation of
girls. This includes a study undertaken by ECPAT International in 2003 which
investigated 16 police and media reports on “sexual violence perpetrated
against children”, which in some cases involved commercial sexual
exploitation. Despite the small sample, it was noted that some of the victims
were girls under the age of 10 and generally from poor neighbourhoods.
While there is some evidence that prostitution in general is spreading in
Egypt, possibly on a broad scale, in-depth research has been difficult to
conduct due to a deeply ingrained fear of legal and social punishment, which
often results in a denial of the problem. The prostitution of children is
even more difficult to document. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/egypt.htm [accessed 3 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Street children are particularly vulnerable to becoming involved in
illicit activities, including stealing, smuggling, pornography, and prostitution.
In particular, the commercial sexual exploitation of children is greatly
under-acknowledged given that Egyptian cities ( Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 January 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/egypt2001.html [accessed 27 February 2011] [51] The Committee is concerned at
the insufficient data and awareness of the phenomenon of commercial sexual
exploitation of children in Egypt. 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] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – EGYPT
– In Egypt the subject of CSEC is still very sensitive and considered to be a
personal matter. Thus, the government, as well as local NGOs, are confronted
by cultural as well as traditional obstacles in constructively and
practically dealing with the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Moreover, the particular problem of CSEC has traditionally not been a
priority as it considered to be limited in extent. Accordingly, there is still insufficient
data and awareness concerning the phenomenon. Child Protection - United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF At one time this article had been archived and may possibly
still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 May 2011] These children lead an unhealthy
and often dangerous life that leaves them deprived of their basic needs for
protection, guidance, and supervision and exposes them to different forms of
exploitation and abuse. For many, survival on the street means begging and
sexual exploitation by adults. Commercial sexual exploitation
of children - Middle East/ based on the situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Rabat, Morocco,
24-26 October 2001 -- Source document (in French): Rapport sur la situation de l’exploitation
sexuelle des enfants dans la région MENA, 10 septembre 2001 www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 10 May 2011] These countries also have in
common, however, a number of constraints that have hindered preparation of
national plans of action. In all the countries of the region, there is
cultural resistance to addressing the problem because the subject is largely
taboo. Often the issue is dealt with
more generally under headings such as ‘violence’ and ‘trauma’. This means that there has been no regional
consensus on defining CSEC in law; in some countries, for example, it is
looked upon as an indecent act, in others as rape, although in all 20
countries there is some section of the penal code that can be invoked against
sexual abuse and exploitation. A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children in Karam Saber, ECPAT International: Report
on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/ecpat_2003_situational_analysis_studies_cse_children_egypt_3.pdf [accessed 10 May 2011] [2.1.2] Prostitution - There is
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